Thomas A. Garrett: “I believe to my very core that the best of the collective is achieved by empowering the individual.”

I believe that an empowered educated economically-thriving class of women across the world will reduce radicalism and reduce conflict and increase economic opportunity.

The Voice of America, when properly levied, has been instrumental to the freedom of literally hundreds of millions of people and that shouldn't be underestimated.

I am prepared to close if the gentlewoman from Oregon would like to conclude her remarks.

We have an ability--and a responsibility... to be a check on executive power by virtue of speaking when we are in disagreement.