So, the question is, if Iran is giving the money to Assad, so he can give money to Russia, or if Iran is sending the money directly to Russia, would we know about it?

You have been put in a very difficult position. You have done as good a job as anyone could possibly due in justifying one of the worst decisions made by the Department this year.

And that is why it is the Secretary of State who ought to have the whatevers to come before Congress and defend this decision.

The fact that they come to you in a political package called Dodd-Frank or they come in some other package is of great interest to politicians.

I am an advocate for multifamily housing. It is affordable, and our homeless problem can also be viewed as just a housing affordability problem.

North Korea deserves to be on the list of state sponsors of terrorism.

We mourn for the victims of terror. We condemn the terrorists and those whose lies incite and glorify terrorism.

China is subsidizing North Korea, and China will occasionally send us a statement that says they love us very much.

Why Congress just sits by and lets the executive branch make all the foreign policy decisions.

The definition of insanity, of course, is to keep doing the same thing and expecting a different result.

I would like you to furnish for the record from your bureau an analysis of how you interpret the law.

It is our job, when necessary, to rewrite statutes, and if we don't know how you are interpreting this statute, we don't know whether it needs to be rewritten or not.