How worried should we be about that? And are there countervailing forces that can be looked to to try to redress what is, in fact, happening in Turkey?
I mean, Syria sends Hafez al-Assad, was the Soviet Union's one client state in the region, and that goes back to 1970.
I would like all of you to have an opportunity if you wish, from the United States point of view, and I worry how much this causes friction ...
None of this is to whitewash real issues, but there is a context here. We want to make Turkey a more stable democratic state.
Mr. Connolly. Mr. Chairman, if I might be allowed just two more points.
I am not justifying his behavior at all, but, I mean, I think it is more that than it is culturally anti-West.
The State of Michigan was responsible, as the ranking member said, has primacy for the enforcement of the lead and copper rule.
The State, to my point of view, my perspective, has a moral responsibility not to just apologize.
We need the pipes fixed in Flint. In fact, the Governor should write a check tomorrow for the $60 million that the mayor of Flint has asked ...
This is a tragedy. It can not be fixed. But those who did this to Flint can stand up and make it right.
Political choices have consequences, and Flint is the most dramatic in our generation.