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Eliot Engel
@eliotengel· Democratic · NY· Sep 17, 2014

The decisions we now face are decisions of life and death.

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Eliot Engel
@eliotengel· Democratic · NY· Sep 17, 2014

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I will close and say that this is a very important and timely resolution. When Chairman Royce and I visited Ukraine a few months ago, we had the good fortune to meet with many…

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Eliot Engel
@eliotengel· Democratic · NY· Sep 17, 2014

Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Connolly), a very important and valued member of the Foreign Affairs Committee.

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Eliot Engel
@eliotengel· Democratic · NY· Sep 17, 2014

Mr. Speaker, I now yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur). She and I traveled to Ukraine together many years ago on my first trip there. She is also the cochair of the Ukrainian Caucus and has long been an advocate for a…

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Eliot Engel
@eliotengel· Democratic · NY· Sep 17, 2014

Left to fester, ISIS terrorists would rule the cradle of civilization with a brand of barbarism out of history's darkest chapters.

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Eliot Engel
@eliotengel· Democratic · NY· Sep 17, 2014

We can't know what would have happened if we had acted then, but we do know that since then tens of thousands of men, women, and children have lost their lives.

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Eliot Engel
@eliotengel· Democratic · NY· Sep 17, 2014

As chief of staff of the supreme military command, I hereby reaffirm the Free Syria Army's continued commitment to removing the twin terrorists Bashar al-Assad and Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi from Syrian soil.

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Eliot Engel
@eliotengel· Democratic · NY· Sep 17, 2014

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise in strong support of this resolution. Tomorrow, we will welcome the President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, to address a joint session of Congress. It is fitting that the…

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Eliot Engel
@eliotengel· Democratic · NY· Sep 17, 2014

This situation demands that we set party politics aside.

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Eliot Engel
@eliotengel· Democratic · NY· Sep 17, 2014

We call upon the world community, and the U.S. Congress in particular, to fulfill the humanitarian security responsibilities by providing the Free Syrian Army with robust support to bring a Syria free from terrorism in all its forms.

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Lois Capps
@loiscapps· Sep 17, 2014

Madam Speaker, I rise to add my voice to the thousands of citizens who will soon descend upon New York City to call for action to combat climate change. The first-ever People's Climate March will demonstrate robust support for climate…

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Tom Marino
@tommarino· Republican · PA· Sep 17, 2014

I cannot overstate my respect for the DEA and its mission.

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Tom Marino
@tommarino· Republican · PA· Sep 17, 2014

I think you should report to the President.

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Charles Rangel
@charlesrangel· Democratic · NY· Sep 17, 2014

Mr. Speaker, it is 10:40, September 17, 2014. And for me, this is an historic event, because I will be able to tell my grandkids and those who would listen that on the eve of the House of Representatives taking a vote that would expand the…

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Dan Benishek
@danbenishek· Republican · MI· Sep 17, 2014

So on September 18th you are having a town hall at the Saginaw VA. What time is that?

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Jaime Herrera Beutler
@jaimeherrerabeutler· Republican · WA· Sep 17, 2014

What do you think if the association plans are on their way out and even for next year we do not really have much choice for the small businesses, what do you think is going to start to happen?

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Jaime Herrera Beutler
@jaimeherrerabeutler· Republican · WA· Sep 17, 2014

So I wonder if that means that part of the goal is just to get folks--and my time is up--to get them out of group markets all together.

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