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Eliot Engel
@eliotengel· Democratic · NY· Sep 12, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I thank the chairman again, and thank Mr. Yoho for his hard work and commitment on this. Obviously, the handful of countries on the State Sponsors of Terrorism list are some of the…

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Eliot Engel
@eliotengel· Democratic · NY· Sep 12, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Let me again repeat: we all have high hopes for the future of democracy in Cambodia. We want to see the people there exercise real rights and determine the future for their country. We…

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Eliot Engel
@eliotengel· Democratic · NY· Sep 12, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Lowenthal), a valued member of our Committee on Foreign Affairs and the author of this resolution.

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Eliot Engel
@eliotengel· Democratic · NY· Sep 12, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I want to thank the sponsors of this resolution, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen and Mr. Deutch, for their hard work in crafting such a timely resolution. I thank, once again, Chairman Royce for…

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Eliot Engel
@eliotengel· Democratic · NY· Sep 12, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I now yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Deutch), an author of this resolution and a very valued member of the Foreign Affairs Committee.

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Eliot Engel
@eliotengel· Democratic · NY· Sep 12, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself as much time as I might consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this resolution. I am proud to cosponsor this resolution, which calls for the expeditious consideration and finalization of a new, robust, and…

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Eliot Engel
@eliotengel· Democratic · NY· Sep 12, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I want to first congratulate my colleague from south Florida for her outstanding statement and her outstanding work. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Deutch), a valued member of the Foreign…

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Eliot Engel
@eliotengel· Democratic · NY· Sep 12, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of this resolution. I want to thank the chairman, as always, for being so cooperative and important in passing this legislation. I want to thank…

Congressional Record · 2016-09-12
Eliot Engel
@eliotengel· Democratic · NY· Sep 12, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend from Florida for yielding to me. I rise in support of his resolution. Let me start by thanking my colleague and friend from New York (Steve Israel) for his hard work on this measure. Mr. Speaker, on July 2, a…

Congressional Record · 2016-09-12
Eliot Engel
@eliotengel· Democratic · NY· Sep 12, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. Our colleagues have been very eloquent this afternoon, and I agree with everything that has been said here, along with what the chairman has said. Mr. Speaker, every year we lose more and…

Congressional Record · 2016-09-12
Bob Latta
@boblatta· Republican · OH· Sep 12, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise today in support of H.R. 4979, the Advanced Nuclear Technology Development Act of 2016, which I introduced with Congressman McNerney earlier this year. We are very excited the bill…

Congressional Record · 2016-09-12
Elijah Cummings
@elijahcummings· Democratic · MD· Sep 11, 2016

It would have been helpful if you had laid that out from the beginning.

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Elijah Cummings
@elijahcummings· Democratic · MD· Sep 11, 2016

I guess this is what happens when you try to schedule a public attack against Hillary Clinton for every day of the week.

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Elijah Cummings
@elijahcummings· Democratic · MD· Sep 11, 2016

It is fundamentally unfair and irresponsible to force these witnesses to answer questions about this issue in open session.

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Elijah Cummings
@elijahcummings· Democratic · MD· Sep 11, 2016

Well, here we are again, another day in the Oversight Committee, another emergency hearing about Hillary Clinton.

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Elijah Cummings
@elijahcummings· Democratic · MD· Sep 11, 2016

We should hold this hearing in a closed session, like the chairman said he would in his letter.

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Elijah Cummings
@elijahcummings· Democratic · MD· Sep 11, 2016

I want the American public to know that you have agreed to schedule a hearing on EpiPen.

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Elijah Cummings
@elijahcummings· Democratic · MD· Sep 11, 2016

I just want to make sure that we don't create another situation where people are accusing us of violating the law.

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