Thomas A. Garrett: “I advise my colleague from Maryland that I have no further speakers at this time, and I reserve the balance of my time.”

Perhaps have we considered a paradigm wherein we tie aid and development to Afghanistan to eradication efforts?

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 will consider myself a historian and some lessons are written large on the pages of history, if we are only willing to listen.

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