I believe the United Nations can and should play an important role.

I know that Governor Haley is a fierce advocate for U.S. interests.

The gap between what the United Nations was meant to be and what it has become has never been wider at this moment in time.

I am in favor of Congress showing courage in exercising its constitutional responsibility with respect to an AUMF focused on ISIS.

This committee forwarded a resolution to the floor last week stating that the U.S. should not allow Security Council actions that would either dictate peace terms or recognize unilateral Palestinian actions but would instead encourage the…

Efforts to restrict the press would be a clear violation of not just the U.N. charter but American values.

The notion that we gave them money, we did not give them anything.

And so if it is Palestinian actions or Israeli actions that you think threaten the bipartisan commitment toward a two-state solution, you would not hesitate to speak out?

Authoritarian nations around the world are cracking down on freedom of the press.

If as U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. there are actions taken by Palestine, violence incitement, rocket attacks from Gaza, that threaten the prospects of peace, would you be firm in calling those out?

I would encourage you to read the agreement, because what you just stated about the agreement is quite inaccurate.

There is nobody on this committee that would be more for that.

it will take several years to actually implement those decisions

We shouldn't harm people by creating an anxiety about the most important thing in their lives, their health care and the health care of their families.

President-elect Trump and Republican leaders have promised the American people their plans to dismantle our health care system right away would somehow do no harm and would not cause anyone to lose coverage.

the timing that we've talked about has yet to be resolved

The American people deserve health care reform that's done in the right way, for the right reasons, in the right amount of time.

My constituents are coming up to me with tears in their eyes, wondering what the future holds for their health care given the chaos Republican efforts could cause.