mr. keating, each will control 20 minutes. air 2340u recognizes the gentleman from texas -- now recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. poe: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the resolution. . i rise in support of h.res. 658 condemning the terrorist attacks carried out by islamic extremists yesterday and i will yield to mr. royce, from california, three minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for three minutes. mr. royce: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in support of this resolution condemning the terrorist attacks in brussels carried out by islamic extremists yesterday. they struck in europe and this time in belgium. the murderers coldly chose crowded areas at the brussels airport and at the metro system in order to kill as many innocent men, women and children as possible and the latest numbers are 31 dead and 270 wounded, including a number of americans. isis has claim

mr. keating's recognized. >> thank you, mr. chair. i just wanted to know, for those of us waiting to ask questions, how much time is the secretary allocated to this meeting? >> he's here until 12:30 and so with that, chair recognized mrs. frankel for florida. >> thank you very much. mr. secretary, i want to just thank you for your service. i'm very proud to have you as our secretary of state. i just want to -- most respectful way really object to my colleague's litigating the 2016 presidential contest here in this foreign affairs meeting. and i think there's some more important things to discuss other than hillary clinton's e-mails. specifically, i'd like to talk about what's happening in syria. i would, first, ask you if you could very specifically detail the type of suffering that is going on and how many people are involved. >> congresswoman, thank you. syria represents the most significant humanitarian catastrophe in movement of people, deprivation of rights, slaughter, since world war ii. there are 12.5 million people or so who a

mr. william keating of massachusetts. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to focus on terrorism for the purpose of this questioning. and i want to really focus on the fact that this is a budget hearing. and one thing i'm aware of and i think most experts agree with, taxpayers get the most -- it's most cost effective for taxpayers and most experts will say most effective is the work that we do in those areas where terrorism is likely to incubate, maybe just starting to incubate, or moving out an me ttastmetast. it's a couple of things. number one, they are talking to the members from the committee and they identified 17 fronts. they are generally agreed upon. that's a great threat. they can comment on the areas where it's right. what those geographic areas are. bangladesh and areas that we may not think of. number two, how we approach that is so important. and it's important for this hearing this morning because i think the most effective things we can do in those areas before things incubate and before they metastasize. is to look at what we can do w