Unless they think that you are willing under some circumstances to recommend zero to the United States Congress, you will not achieve our objectives.

Zero-based budgeting, most people I represent feel that the roughly $2 billion we give Pakistan could be better spent in the San Fernando Valley.

You reach people in the language they want to listen in.

What would it take to get Pakistan to be a status quo power?

I do hope that you will confer to the Pakistanis, though, that if there ever was a vote on the floor of the House to say not one penny can be disbursed until Dr. Afridi and his family are safe here, it would pose a danger to the U.S…

Winning over the people of Pakistan is one of the most important things we can do.

That idea may have come from Congress.

What is at stake is not uninhabited reefs but the entire country. And Taiwan is not asking us for deployment, or to spend money. They are simply asking for the tools to defend themselves.

When it comes to helping Taiwan defend itself, I think it should be classified as a major non-NATO ally.

I want to thank the chairman for bringing up this bill, which we put together with a lot of input from others.

The State Department's current strategy for countering ISIS and other extremist groups online is obviously not working.

I want to thank Representative Sherman for introducing this measure today which will press the administration to submit a timeline to Congress for when these transfers will occur.