Thomas A. Garrett: “I thank the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Gohmert), who is my good friend, for speaking. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the…”

I believe to my very core that the best of the collective is achieved by empowering the individual.

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

I believe, paraphrasing, there are threats greater than an Islamist insurgency that's nationalist in its nature.

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.