I think we will look forward to working with you on taking a more strategic view, as opposed to sort of a dogmatic income approach.

The strength of the covered list rests with the Commission's Equipment Authorization Program, and that predates the covered list.

We need to be in the game, we need to be looking at the basic needs.

I had a very frustrating conversation with the President of Uruguay who really wants to work with us, yet our rules make it impossible for him to do so.

I find myself really scratching my head about what this document calls for.

We need to make sure that the equipment market is more diverse, and more competitive, and less costly.

I think it is a very potent tool.

It is clear to me that it is not going to get any less complicated. It is going to be more complicated considerably by the way it is moving.

I mean, the rule of law is critical to the relationship, and I am just shocked that President Lopez Obrador is operating in this manner.

The decision made by the FDIC, the Federal Reserve Board, and by yourself to guarantee all deposits of both banks... sets a dangerous and uncertain precedent.

I think the specter of this being presented is a false choice. And the specter that you present does not have to be that.

Anything that increases the cost of producing energy right now, at a point we have had massive inflation in energy cost, and we are at a point right now where we cannot fulfill our obligations to our allies.

I am deeply concerned by these reports, that such a program would not only constitute a misuse of the ESF, but it would circumvent Congress's role in approving such an action.

But to the original question, the budget is far short of what you have been authorized.

I feel like the vetting process remains seriously flawed.

What worries me is that we are losing out on technology development and innovation that I would like to see happening here.

There are deep concerns there. We have got, potentially, Chinese companies working with the Mexican Military to take adverse actions on U.S. assets.

Time is not on our side, Secretary, especially when we have a $19 billion arms backlog to Taiwan.

I would just strongly encourage, rather than regulating via enforcement, to think through the rule set that would create clarity in the marketplace.

We are facing an unprecedented spending epidemic. We are in a deficit spending situation.

I think it is also important that our allies do the same.

I think that modernization of the Department will help us address those challenges.

It weakens us as a Nation.

Yet these firms are moving offshore.

And massively increases taxes at a time when we are trying to recover our economy. It is a nonstarter on both sides of the aisle, as you know, Madam Secretary.