Brad Sherman

We went into Afghanistan, and we failed. We--at the beginning to create a viable and popular government.

A cynical politician--and I am sure there are none of them here--would say that the administration would benefit the most with the maximum possible withdrawal accomplished by this fall so long as the Taliban did no have the maximum…

China failed to, well, actually hid this disease at the beginning.

I would point out to my colleagues that it looks like OCC wants to push this regulation through, but a provision on an appropriations bill preventing them from doing that would be the best way to make sure that we don't have a situation…

I don't think APR is the best way to evaluate the cost of short-term loans.

The OCC is taking an outrageous position on this, but they want us to listen to them on LIBOR and other issues.

The position of the OCC seems outrageous when they say that they can adopt any regulation to facilitate banks' ability to operate across State lines.

This outbreak shows the wrongheadedness, almost immorality of the Chinese Government excluding Taiwan from the World Health Organization.

What we do to protect our own citizens should not be regarded by the Chinese as an insult.

I am not a leader when it comes to complimenting the Trump administration.

It is distressing that you will not listen to Congress when it comes just to the timing of when you are going publish these rules.

I hope that you will be able to propose a rate that is based on real, verifiable transactions, not surveys.

It is obviously bad accounting. It cannot be defended.

The decision to instead affect the basic financial statements poses a grave danger to our whole concept of accounting.

The FASB has a bigger impact on Americans' lives than any other entity I can name, that they can't name and do not know about.

If you write the rules of the game, you control what the players and the teams do.

This country could move radically to the right or the left. In fact, I think it may be given that choice in just a few months.

If I can interrupt, I am not sure that you will ever be able to buy a ham sandwich for a Bitcoin, but Facebook is a powerful organization.

I am sure the gentleman is gratified that the impact on low- and moderate-income families and families of color will be delayed to some degree until 2023.

When the titans of industry, the most important men and women in business, are told that they can increase reported earnings per share by jumping, their only question is, 'How high?'

The most powerful economic engine in history is the American private sector.

Mr. Pompeo's absence today is the loudest testimony. It speaks volumes.

The only defense there might be he might have been lying in Toledo.

The Secretary of State cannot defend the decisionmaking process that led us to this point.

This is perhaps the most partisan day in which has been perhaps the most partisan year.