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Bennie Thompson
@benniethompson· Democratic · MS· Sep 16, 2014

I believe this is the first time we had an FBI director before the committee to testify.

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Chris Smith
@chrissmith· Republican · NJ· Sep 16, 2014

I think you need one person in the administration so that there is a central point.

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Chris Smith
@chrissmith· Republican · NJ· Sep 16, 2014

Are the other countries giving commensurate with what we are giving based on their size and population?

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Chris Smith
@chrissmith· Republican · NJ· Sep 16, 2014

Thank God for MSF. Thank God for Samaritan's Purse.

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Deborah Koff Ross
@deborahkoffross· Democratic · NC· Sep 16, 2014

I stand with the people, and I stand for FSOC doing its job because if it doesn't, real people will be hurt.

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Chris Smith
@chrissmith· Republican · NJ· Sep 16, 2014

I spoke yesterday to Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the lead witness at our August 7 emergency hearing during recess on Ebola, and he said that this is the worst health crisis he had…

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Chris Smith
@chrissmith· Republican · NJ· Sep 16, 2014

The numbers range. Yesterday the President was talking about hundreds of thousands. I read a German doctor who said something on the order of 5 million.

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Deborah Koff Ross
@deborahkoffross· Democratic · NC· Sep 16, 2014

I thank Chairman McKeon for his leadership on this amendment. Mr. Speaker, prior to September 11, 2001, terrorist groups had a much different strategy. They remained virtually invisible, and their strategies were unpredictable. Today, the…

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Chris Smith
@chrissmith· Republican · NJ· Sep 16, 2014

I don't think we would want our businesses engaging in corruption to help hasten its end.

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Deborah Koff Ross
@deborahkoffross· Democratic · NC· Sep 16, 2014

I thank the chairman. Mr. Speaker, while this amendment does not represent my ideal military strategy against ISIL, I believe that Congress is fulfilling its constitutional duty today, and I stand in support of its efforts.

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Chris Smith
@chrissmith· Republican · NJ· Sep 16, 2014

I am a firm proponent of enforcement of the FCPA.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Sep 16, 2014

The United States has both a humanitarian responsibility and a national interest in doing all that we can to fight this outbreak.

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Michelle Lujan Grisham
@michellelujangrisham· Democratic · NM· Sep 16, 2014

I would like your assurance, based on your independent review of the state, to make sure we are addressing hunger in New Mexico.

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Judy Chu
@judychu· Democratic · CA· Sep 16, 2014

I would like to submit for the record a written statement from the Copyright Alliance...

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Ann Wagner
@annwagner· Republican · MO· Sep 16, 2014

Madam Speaker, I rise today to talk about one of the greatest threats to the United States of America and our allies. An evil that is so barbaric and ruthless that it can't be ignored but only dismantled and destroyed. Madam Speaker, I am…

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Sep 16, 2014

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Health Care of the Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on September 16, 2014, at 2:45 p.m., in room SD-215 of the Dirksen Senate Office…

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Sep 16, 2014

They are on the verge of becoming the world's first autonomous terrorist state if they are successful.

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Chris Murphy
@chrismurphy· Democratic · CT· Sep 16, 2014

The world today is more complicated, more dangerous than at any time during our lifetimes.

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