Every Member on this panel will tell you that trade is critical to their home State, and I am here to tell you that is true of Washington State.

I was disappointed but encouraged that the President wants to go with bilateral agreements.

Bottom line is we are trying to create a Tax Code that would allow job growth, create jobs, increase paychecks, grow our economy, and help hard-working Americans.

Prevention, of course, in law enforcement is our number one goal, to prevent crime and keep people safe from crime before it even happens.

The Federal Government--like I have been here--this is my 13th year here, and I still can't figure out how the heck they do things, and it is just--it is complicated, it is convoluted, it is sometimes not based on fact, it is based on…

Well, welcome, and thank you all for your testimony today, and especially thank you all for the hard work that you do.

I lived on the street, too. I ran away when I was a senior in high school and lived in an old car.

I truly would not have been doing what you are doing today. I couldn't have done it.

The courage it took for a 14-year-old to decide to go through with the birth of your child... I think is just an amazing feat.

I just look like I have been here 40. I have been here 12 years, but this is the first 16-year-old witness... and she did outstanding.

I want to thank the witnesses for being here and for the time that it took to put your comments and statements together.