Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank all of you for your testimony here today.

As this hearing attests there is no doubt that Iran exerts its malign influence throughout the Middle East by supporting various proxies.

I am one who believes that we should have been doing more all along to weaken Hamas.

Without looking through U.N. because that is not going to fly.

He has always been opposed to a two state solution. His coalition right now, and it is in their founding documents, want the entire West Bank effectively annexed by Israel.

We can't be putting politics into healthcare decisions and also to remember these facts.

Prime Minister Netanyahu gambled that a strong Hamas (but not too strong) would keep the peace and reduce pressure for a Palestinian state.

I would like to get in my last few seconds Dr. Maloney's view on this.

Madam President, when Alexei Navalny died 2 weeks ago, he had been in solitary confinement for almost 300 days. Outside his window, the Russian dissident and anti-corruption campaigner could only see a tall fence and no light. Far above…

As this hearing attests there is no doubt that Iran exerts its malign influence throughout the Middle East by supporting various proxies.

We can't be putting politics into healthcare decisions and also to remember these facts.

This was done with the consent and encouragement of Prime Minister Netanyahu.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank all of you for your testimony here today.

I think it is very important that we maintain our presence in Iraq.

I want just to quote from Mr. Levy, who was the Mossad chief in charge of economic policy, who says, and I quote, 'I can tell you for sure that I talked to him'--referring to Prime Minister Netanyahu--'about this,' but he did not care that…

Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 56. personal explanation

I will say that in all of our recent engagements with Israel... we have made very clear that no operation should be considered or undertaken in Rafah without a clear and executable plan.

But if I could ask you--as you know, the Algerians had a cease fire resolution at the U.N. which we vetoed, but we at the same time said we were going to provide--we, the United States, were going to propose a U.N. Security Council…