I happen to believe that the U.S.-Turkey relationship is a very strategic and critical one.

the scandal of not taking advantage of that has cost Virginia billions of dollars of Federal money

Other than that, we killed it. I mean, at some point the critics have to take responsibility for charges they made that have in fact not been borne out.

I find it ironic. Mr. Spiro, was not the ACA absolutely modeled on a Republican Governor's health care bill in Massachusetts?

If we really want to do something, that is money waiting to be taken advantage of

I think it is a great distortion for us to focus only on the threat from the radicalization within the Muslim community in this country or abroad.

I find it very difficult to accept the premise of these state investigations on an issue of scientific disagreement as an academic but simply saying that this might be fraud or it might be a problem under shareholder laws, it maybe doesn't…

I come here as a member of this committee and subcommittee and also as the co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on Korea.

I don't think we have--I mean, it is not apparent to me that we have a lot of options.

I would like to see our committee try to act, on controversial issues especially, in the bipartisan manner that, by and large, has characterized, I think, your chairmanship and the ranking member's tenure as well.

We have had no testimony, no witnesses, no hearings or anything of that nature, so it looks that this is a political bill.

Until recently, Moshe Ya'alon was the Israeli Defense Minister. He said, today, because of the nuclear deal, Iran no longer poses an existential threat to Israel.

Could my friend speculate that it might have something to do with the fact that we are less than 60 days away from the presidential election?

If we are serious about this legislation, let's have a hearing. Let's hear from the State Department and others in the administration to explain the thinking behind the decisions that were made.

The Iran nuclear deal is working. Natanz--Iran has put 19,000 centrifuges in storage under international control. That is a win.

I believe that Mr. Engel has made a very creative attempt at trying to find common ground. I will support Mr. Engel's substitute, and, sadly, I will be required to oppose the chairman's bill.

I strongly support Mr. Engel's amendment, which I think accomplishes what all of us on this committee in a bipartisan way should want.

The point you are making about ransom, do I understand the point you are making is that when you have used such a highly-charged emotive word, you have clearly prejudged the situation.