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Mr. Speaker, yesterday, members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, led by Chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, heard testimony regarding the terrorist attack on our United States consulate in Benghazi, Libya. This resulted in the death of…
Let me just say again how much your leadership on this issue has meant.
I am convinced that Congressional attention, such as this hearing, is essential to encourage Executive branch agencies to act.
Another thing, just vis-a-vis Mexico, lot of people talk about Mexico's drug war. It is not Mexico's drug war, it is our drug war.
I think the first step in really addressing the threat of terrorism would be countering the Iranian threat in the Western Hemisphere bill.
This summer, the House passed H.R. 3783, 'Countering Iran in the Western Hemisphere Act of 2012,' legislation authored by Representative Jeff Duncan.
I believe that such a thorough, Congressionally-mandated review will require the Executive branch to apply additional needed intelligence resources.
Yes. Mr. McCAIN. One of the most salient points of this whole scenario was 5 days after the attack when the Ambassador of the United Nations went on all the Sunday talk shows to allege that this was a spontaneous demonstration triggered by…
I will turn this over to the Senator from New Hampshire, but my response would be as follows: There is a news article coming from somewhere within the State Department suggesting the CIA was responsible for consulate security because this…
Mr. President, I am very grateful to engage. Here is the request of the body: Benghazi needs to be investigated. We need to find out what happened so it never happens again. We have four Americans killed, the first Ambassador killed in the…
Mr. Speaker, yesterday with Veterans Day, our country celebrated and remembered the brave men and women who have served in our Armed Forces, dedicating their lives to protecting our freedom and keeping American families safe…
The tax code is a social engineering document that reward friends and punish enemies.
I want to see a solution that will not lead to 12 million illegal immigrants 20 years from now.
Raising tax rates was rejected by Simpson-Bowles and the gang of six. There will be no Republican that will go down that road because it will hurt job creation.
Simpson-Bowles is the way forward, Anderson. And what did Simpson-Bowles do? They didn't raise tax rates. They eliminated deductions.
Well, I think the House got reelected. Their mandate is to not raise tax rates.
I just think the honest truth is that we have a demographic problem. If we had gotten 40 percent of the Hispanic vote, Mitt Romney would be president.