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I'm a member of the US committee o the United Nations.

I assure this committee that, if I am confirmed, I will be strictly independent of all political influences... essential to that institution's ability to function effectively and achieve its mandated objectives.

Power says if you are a committee chairman, your idea is good only because you have got power.

Any committee is only as good as the most knowledgeable, determined and vigorous person on it. There must be somebody who provides the flame.

We always carry out by committee anything in which any one of us alone would be too reasonable to persist.

Once you've built the big machinery of political power, remember you won't always be the one to run it.

If it's necessary to join a caucus and get a committee assignment, I'll do it.

I want to serve my country, but not necessarily in the political arena.

You want to represent the country and you want elected officials that are representative of the country.

Let me do what I do best. And that's to run and represent my country and make my country proud.