It seemed to me from just a distance the Gulenist movement is somewhat like the Masons were in our country's history back in the founding of our country, they were idealistic people who had an idealistic philosophy.

I would remind Mr. Meeks and other members that we will be trying to put together a sense of the House resolution expressing concerns over the trends in Turkey, not condemnations but expressing concerns over the trends in Turkey.

If we have a new President, if it is Mr. Trump, I would expect that NATO and the EU alliances would become less important.

We should speak out strongly against abuses of freedom of the press and politically motivated arrests in Turkey.

I was horrified that they shot the plane down in the first place, and now they are apologizing for it.

Continuing down this disturbing path, when they are denying history, expropriating land, and severely restricting freedom of the speech, is not the answer.

I think it was a mistake for us to withdraw Patriots from southern Turkey last fall just as the Russian buildup in Syria was starting.

Our hope for a better situation and things would turn around has not happened, and we have been disappointed.

Turkey remains one of the worst countries in the world when it comes to freedom of the press.

We will note that. And I think that it is always important for us when we are dealing with a country that has been so close to us, and such a friend, that whenever there are some very noticeable areas of conflict where we disagree now and…

It would be a disaster for us to lose Turkey as a military partner.

I think that Erdogan represents more of a nationalistic Turkey focus rather than Europe focus approach.

It has been my experience that whenever the suppression of the press goes up, the level of corruption rises at the same rate.

There is a cycle of tyranny and a cycle of radicalization that seems to be going on in Turkey that is frightening about where that could lead.

The Gulen movement... tend to be people who have high values and are looking for a more open and you say tolerant Islam.

Seemingly erratic, Erdogan has officially designated the followers of Mr. Gulen as a terrorist group.

President Erdogan's party has used the levers of power to limit dissent and to crack down on free journalism.

Our veterans have earned the best care we can provide, the appointment scandal showed a disturbing disregard for health and safety of our heroes.