the purpose of this bill is to allow survivors and heirs who believe that they may have claims against European insurers because of unpaid policies from the Holocaust to sue those insurers in U.S. courts.

Our strategic goal has to be to try to influence Egyptian politics so they become more inclusive and ultimately more resilient.

I can't tell you what the level of U.S. assistance to Egypt should be, nor is it my role to.

I do not think it's advisable to condition U.S. aid on political milestones in Egypt for two reasons.

In my judgment, reshaping the aid package will actually improve our relationship with Egypt in the longer term.

Thank you, Ambassador. Your entire statement will be read into the record.

We are going to have to close the hearing because of the other vote.

Well, again, I thank you. We have a little bit of difference of opinion here for sure.

You are entitled to it.

I thank all of the witnesses and all of those who came.

If Congress has time to look into Major League Baseball, the BCS and invite Stephen Colbert to come to a committee hearing, surely to goodness, we have time to get answers on a fundamentally flawed lethal investigation like Fast and…

He said he didn't know about it. And I take him at his word.

The notion that -- that it's OK for me to do it only because you did it has never been appealing to me.

If he doesn't, then yes, we'll vote on it on the floor of the House.

My point was to more illustrate the absurdity of asserting executive privilege for something you had no role in.

I was a prosecutor back when that was going on. The notion that -- that it's OK for me to do it only because you did it has never been appealing to me.

No, he's partially correct.

I hope not. I hope he gives us the documents. It's not a political exercise to me. I want to know how Fast and Furious happened.