I trust, Mr. Chairman, that did not come out of my time.

this Congress' inability, Madam Secretary, to pass a jobs bill and recognize a real need for the American people

I am disappointed in the Fiscal Year 2013 recommendation to eliminate the Health Careers Opportunity Program, or HCOP.

But there is genocide now taking place in the Nuba Mountains and it is aided and abetted by the Chinese government.

I appreciate the confidence the President and Secretary Clinton have placed in me by putting my name forward for your consideration.

Having served as Ambassador to Burkina Faso, I'm aware of the importance, if confirmed, of working with this committee and the Congress in order to advance United States interests in Malawi.

I'm also deeply grateful for the support of Senator Enzi; his wife, Diane; Senator Barrasso; and my husband, Mark.

Madam Secretary, while I understand tough choices must be made when it comes to cutting the budget, I wonder what led the administration's decision to cut funding to the WIA State and local program funding over other programs under…

Congressman John Lewis and I are contemplating filing an amendment to the 1964 Civil Rights Act that would raise the idea of employment status.

I appreciate your raising the question. I do want to hear an answer to the WIA question.

I am preparing to go the legal route, based upon historical precedence, to ensure that every single child... has access.

We will challenge that status quo. And so we want to make sure children have a chance to fulfill their potential.

I wish I could bring this to your attention so that you could please try your best, consistent with the plan that we have been following at least for the last 10 years in the committee.

I wonder what led the administration's decision to cut funding to the WIA State and local program funding over other programs under consideration?

The Department of Education's position will be that it will be on the side of ensuring that every single child... will have the appropriate technology.

Illinois is currently ranked the third highest recipient of LIHEAP funds, and my district continues to be the largest recipient of LIHEAP.

I understand that the NIH Director plans on dismantling the NCRR.

We want to make sure children have a chance to fulfill their potential.

Isn't there a point when just for, frankly, our own credibility's sake we should walk away, have other alternatives, strengthen other alternatives--I mentioned one, the Community of Democracies--and not continue to pretend that the U.N. is…

Iran, to me, still remains the number-one threat to the United States' national security.

Will you commit to work with me to finally bring peace to those families who have been suffering for the last 13 years without compensation or closure?

I can't imagine why the United States would even participate in producing any Security Council product.

I think, first of all, I really do believe this promotes American security.

high unemployment in our own country... could lead to significant number of American people waking up one day without faith or belief in their Government's capacity to solve the nation's problems?

Do you share those concerns? Do you see any Iranian involvement in the protests and demonstrations and uprising in Bahrain?