Orrin Hatch

I want to thank you for the work that you do, all four of you.

Congress needs to send clear, unambiguous signals to State child welfare agencies that they cannot abdicate their responsibilities that they owe to these young women.

I believe that the qualitative and systemic flaws in our current foster care system are among the factors that make girls in the foster care system so vulnerable to traffickers.

I remember when Senator Kennedy and I came together on the AIDS issue. Everybody was afraid of it.

I just want to highlight the trauma-informed care, because these girls--and largely girls, but not exclusively--have all been victims of trauma.

Last February, this administration issued an executive order creating the International Trade Enforcement Center, or ITEC, in large part to improve efficiency in bringing trade enforcement actions.

I am very concerned with the deterioration in the environment for protection of U.S. intellectual property rights and innovation in India.

I think it is about time. I cannot imagine any President not wanting that. I have been calling for this for many months.

I believe that no country altruistically, out of the goodness of its heart, ever lowers a trade barrier.

Unfortunately, it appears as though U.S. trade policy has been adrift for much of President Obama's first term.

I will submit my other questions so you can answer them in writing.

I am very disturbed by India's recent decision to issue a compulsory license for an important medicine on entirely specious grounds.

USTR is an agency in crisis.

The American people are essentially being told that they should do as the Obama administration says, not as they do.

I believe he has complied, and he has lived within the law.

Well, thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you, Mr. Froman, for appearing here today and joining with us.

The United States may enter into a bilateral investment treaty with India.

Yet India increasingly shuts U.S. companies out of its market through a variety of measures.

I have a very high opinion of you. You come well-recommended, and there is no question about your dedicated service, no question about your intelligence, in my eyes.

Trade is an engine of economic growth.

Without the President's active leadership and public support for TPA, it is hard to see how our current efforts to renew Trade Promotion Authority can succeed.

It is critical for the United States to lead by example in the area of trade facilitation and enforcement.

Thank you again for the invitation to testify this morning. P&G values our partnership with you and this committee on these issues.

This legislation is long overdue. I want to compliment the chairman for pursuing it.

It is even more important that the United States sets the standard worldwide and lives up to it.