"I think now we are beginning to realize that CEOs know this now better than they used to, that if we don't work on those issues in the dawn of a child's life, you can't even begin to talk about an educated person or a high-skilled person or a stronger GNP for the country or economic growth or compet..."
"I am here to help these kids and all kids across the United States beat those odds."
"We can obliterate obesity, too, but we have to have some standards that are ranked right up there with air and water and immunization."
"The hearing of the Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian and Central Asian Affairs will now come to order."
"this isn't just about Iraqi refugees, it's about how our country's policy will be carried out in Iraq."
"That's a big number."
"this is an issue that has not received near enough attention here in Washington."
"we have a both a moral and a security interest in ensuring the safety and welfare of Iraqi refugees and IDPs."
"The United States is directly responsible for the displacement of hundreds of thousands of vulnerable Iraqis."
"One question that I have had, and others have had, is what's happening at the senior levels of the government."
"I think it's--look, and I think this is an important point and sometimes at hearings we don't have the record very clear."