Thank you very much. Mr. Fisher, I wanted to start my questioning with you and just say how remarkable your story is.

You just have motivated this Senator to do everything I can to make sure the resources are there to protect our children, our future.

We are all committed to strong American leadership, and the need has never been greater.

I look forward to continuing to work with you on conservation issues and trying to fight poaching.

I was very pleased with proposals to streamline aid and to find efficiencies first in food aid on PL 480.

I recently released a report on the promises of United States-Africa trade.

I was pleased with your opening comments about both Kenya and Mali and the recognition we have to have a balanced approach in Mali.

National security needs are not bounded by any constraints, budgetary or otherwise.

These humanitarian disasters demand active and engaged U.S. diplomacy and assistance.

Thank you very much. I am sorry I was late today. We had one of those mornings where we were doing a lot of juggling, so.

I just want to associate myself with remarks made by Senators of both parties about the level of my concern about Syria as well as Iran.

I am pleased with your advocacy for an ongoing effort by the Obama administration to invest in the three pillars of diplomacy, development, and defense.

And as you know, and the chairman gave us the opportunity to have a hearing in our subcommittee, Senator Isakson and I and others who joined in, and spent a lot of time trying to push the Department to get this right.

I fully support efforts to increase funding for the Asia-Pacific rebalance.

I think that is a mistake. I do not agree with it.

I hope, as some of the benefits from medical homes play out for families, that that will have a positive impact on kids, especially children with chronic and complex medical conditions.

I hope we can spend some time on this, because, when you have that small of a percentage of hospitals providing that level of training, I think we should go back to work on that.

I really would like to know if there is a feeling here that engaging M23 in negotiations is critical to finally resolving the political issues and military issues of this region.

I do believe they play an important part in resolving the conflict in DRC.

I am saddened that the SEC rule, which took way too long to promulgate, is now being challenged in court by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Manufacturers, and the Business Roundtable.

He is one of the heroes in this conversation, risking his life for the women who have been so brutally raped and assaulted in DRC.

I basically asked him if the West was all wrong in its view of M23.

The value of it--and you know this; you have worked on this--is that, when someone is in an industry and a trade, and the economic winds blow so hard and in such a devastating way that they get their feet knocked out from under them, it…

what are we waiting for?

I appreciate that. My concern is, with this change, even though it is in the interest of consolidation and streamlining, that we would badly degrade our ability to provide that kind of assistance.