Thomas A. Garrett: “We have an ability--and a responsibility... to be a check on executive power by virtue of speaking when we are in…”

I wish we could do more--the sense of Congress regarding a tragedy that's literally impacted millions is the right thing to do.

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

I have implored my peers and superiors on this committee to remember the words of Arthur Vandenberg, that politics stop at the water's edge.

I would submit that the North Korean regime from 1950 has a history of making a promise and then breaking a promise.