Y 4.AP 6/1: C 73/2/2003/PT.7 FED-DOCS DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH CONGRESS SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED AGENCIES NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Young, as Chairman of the Full Committee, and Mr. Obey, as Ranking DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH CONGRESS SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia, Chairman NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Young, as Chairman of the Full Committee, and Mr. Obey, as Ranking MIKE RINGLER, CHRISTINE KOJAC, LESLIE ALBRIGHT, and JOHN F. MARTENS COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida, Chairman RALPH REGULA, Ohio JIM KOLBE, Arizona SONNY CALLAHAN, Alabama CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina ERNEST J. ISTOOK, JR., Oklahoma JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan JACK KINGSTON, Georgia RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, JR., Washington RANDY "DUKE" CUNNINGHAM, California TODD TIAHRT, Kansas ZACH WAMP, Tennessee TOM LATHAM, Iowa ANNE M. NORTHUP, Kentucky JOHN E. PETERSON, Pennsylvania JOHN E. SWEENEY, New York VIRGIL H. GOODE, JR., Virginia DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia NANCY PELOSI, California PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana NITA M. LOWEY, New York CARRIE P. MEEK, Florida DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina ROBERT E. "BUD" CRAMER, JR., Alabama JESSE L. JACKSON, JR., Illinois CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania JAMES W. DYER, Clerk and Staff Director DEPARTMENTS OF COMMERCE, JUSTICE, AND STATE, THE JUDICIARY, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR 2003 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 2002. DEPARTMENT OF STATE WITNESS HON. COLIN L. POWELL, SECRETARY OF STATE OPENING REMARKS OF SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRMAN WOLF Mr. WOLF. Welcome, Mr. Secretary. We want to welcome you to the hearing, and I have an opening statement I am going to make, but before I do I want to share a personal comment. I want to thank the Administration-you, the President-your service and your team, Mr. Armitage, Mr. Grant, and all the people, for the outstanding job that they are doing, particularly after 9/11, and how things have changed. I want to put that out on the record from my own point of view. The other Members will have their own comments. But you have really done an amazing job, and I am very grateful. Also, I want to make it clear where I stand with regard to President Bush and the policies with regard to the war on terrorism, both domestic and foreign. I completely support what the President is doing. As you know, I chatted with you when I got back. I was in Afghanistan for two days. We were in Kabul. I do not know if you read the report or not, and I do not know if I am pessimistic or optimistic, but it is a tough, tough neighborhood. I think the more people focus and understand the complexity of the situation there, it will become very easy to defend the policy. I can go anywhere and talk about why this policy of the Bush Administration is the appropriate policy. I happened to have, in 1998, visited Algeria for several days. As you know, 100,000 people have lost their lives through terrorism in Algeria. Almost every family in Algeria has been touched by a form of terrorism. September 11 was not really new; the Marine barracks in Lebanon in 1983, the embassy in Lebanon in 1983, the Tanzania Embassy, the Kenya Embassy, the U.S.S. Cole, Khobar Towers. This is very evil what is going on. I just want to make sure that, one, I strongly support what the President is doing, as I know the American people do, and I think the Congress does on both sides. I do not think it is a controversial issue. |