I would hope that the United States Government, through the State Department, would condemn this action by Rouhani and the Iranian Government.

I think you have--you are an exceptional public servant in your skill and your dedication and your bipartisanship.

It was a tremendous help to us after the tornadoes in 2013.

Well, no question in my mind it is a worthwhile use of the money...

You know, duct tape is not a viable IT strategy, and all too frequently that is what we are at.

It places significant limitations on when drug screening and testing can occur, all but ensuring that the law will not be implemented as intended.

I know 12 cardinals and 12 ranking members that are convinced that their allocations are too low.

You would be amazed at the number of very conservative Members that I have that come and visit with me about your programs...

As you are aware, as I mentioned in my opening remarks, most of the initiatives you are proposing are not within our jurisdiction.

I appreciate the optimism of the administration. But I just--I don't see it.

The Cancer Moonshot, we were all out at NIH, or a number of us, earlier this week to discuss that.

We are going to have some sort of fiscal cliff then 2 years down the road.

Failure to call ISIS' mass murder of Christians, Muslims, and other groups in addition to the Yazidis by its proper name, genocide, would be an act of denial as grave as U.S. refusal to recognize the Rwandan genocide in 1994.

Christians have encountered genocide and the Obama administration refuses to recognize their plight.

I'm concerned about how we make sure that Africans, Colombians and indigenous are included in the $450 million that's there.

If we do not vote here in the United States to support the administration's negotiations, what setbacks if any will it have for us in the region?

For us to not have made a decision and that we're making the decision but that decision hasn't been made yet is unacceptable.

It's time for America to act and the excuse that we've got to study it, we got to ask the lawyers what the wording is, is this really preference or not, is unacceptable.