We believe in that very strongly. We did from the beginning in the United States.

This is about a staff that is out of control. This is about a dysfunctional culture.

This is about a board not doing its job and a staff substituting itself for the board.

It is, to me, a shocking document, and your reaction... raises serious questions about your fitness to hold your job.

We are just saying respect the equal rights of freedom of religion for the Baha'is, for the Jewish community, for the Christian community, for the minority Muslim communities.

We cannot forget Mr. Levinson and his family and I hope that the words particularly of Mr. Deutch bring some comfort to his family and can lead to some action by the Iranian Government.

I believe that the Baha'i resolution we have today has more at stake than just--not that that is limited--the Baha'i issue.

The end of this month will mark 2 years since Pastor Saeed Abedini had seen or hugged his wife, Naghmeh, and his children.

We have delinked human rights from the talks on nuclear issues vis-a-vis Iran. It is a mistake.

make them pay a cost, make them suffer a cost.

Sanctions I think, when they are judiciously applied, effectively--and I think targeted sanctions are the best.

As Congressman Smith pointed out, there is a difference between the rights of men and women in Iran.

I thank the ranking member for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I rise to engage in a colloquy with the gentleman from New Jersey, Chairman Frelinghuysen. First, Mr. Chairman, I would like to thank you and the ranking member for your efforts in…

Madam President, I rise today to talk about the House's tragic and disconcerting failure to do anything to fix our broken immigration system, even though an entire year has passed since the Senate passed bipartisan comprehensive…

I am not optimistic that Iran will be willing to give up what they need to give up in order to get this deal.

Without question, Iran is a bad actor... Since 1979, they have been pretty much nothing but a bad actor on a lot of different issues.

If, in fact, the United States agrees to the kind of deal that the chairman just described, then I think it would be a grave and terrible mistake.

The choice here is, can we take a realistic step that is going to stop them, continue to stop them, from getting a nuclear weapon?