Mr. Chairman, the first thing I would like to say is that Madam Morales sits here in front of us with obviously great passion, probably for many reasons, but obviously one big reason is that she has lost her father.
First off, Madam Morales, on behalf of the committee, I just want to give you our deepest sympathies in that regard.
I don't have any specific questions, but I would say this. We were studying in this meeting the UPR. Half of the UN countries have been studied now. The other half are yet to come. I would suggest that all of them will have reports that will have flaws in human rights. I would suggest to you that a large percentage of those countries trade with each other, as well.
The notion of owning another person's fallibilities because you trade with them could be taken to very broad dimensions. If we go down that road, the whole notion of trading with a nation....
I understand the feelings around here. I understand the battle for human rights. In fact, we're all on this committee because we care deeply about human rights. But I have to say--to the committee, to our witness, to you, Mr. Chairman--that the notion that our country would be demeaned by some actions that we feel would have benchmarks to try to provoke some action for better human rights is a notion that I just cannot let stand before the committee. That certainly would not be the motivation of the government; in fact, quite the contrary.