Brad Sherman

The Communist Party of China is retreating into the last refuge of scoundrels and illegitimate governments, and that is exaggerated nationalism.

Wall Street wants it, Wall Street will probably get it.

What could we possibly lose by joining UNCLOS?

We should at a minimum not license the sale of the aircraft knowing that they are going to go to an airline that is likely to use them to support terrorism.

You can't have a democracy when you have a criminal defamation law, probably of any kind, but certainly a criminal defamation law that is used to silence and criminalize political speech.

Amendment to H. Res. 728 offered by the Honorable Brad Sherman, a Representative in Congress from the State of California.

And I would point out that we could reduce the amount of money we give the Palestinian Authority and give them textbooks, in which case we would make sure that there would be no incitement in those textbooks.

I am not aware of any effort that said, you know, not just if you see something say something but dedicate 5 hours a week of your time.

We need to give them the tools and the encouragement.

The State Department needs 14 levels of review to send out a tweet.

I am going to go back to this theme that we need to understand Islam at the State Department and the organizations that it funds.

The budget is policy. Since 2013, the budget of this effort has grown from $5 million to a 2017 request for $21.5 million.

I want to say almost always take it down.

But when we come into this room, Mr. Chairman, we do see a high point of bipartisanship and order and the credit, clearly, goes to you and the ranking member.

There is, obviously, division in any political organization, such as the Administration.

We could avoid these constitutional issues by just passing a bill that says: North Korea, Iran, Sudan, and Syria are on the list, and they can't be taken off without congressional approval.

I agree with at least half of what the gentleman from California said about Pakistan and would like to meet him halfway.

I expect there's near universal approval among the subcommittee members for the election of Sri Lankan President Sirisena.

I want to express my sympathy and condolences for all those in Sri Lanka impacted by the flooding associated by Cyclone Roanu.

I do support this elevated cooperation.

You should designate Mahan Air under U.N. antiterrorism sanctions.

New legislation, I think, would be helpful.

This House was divided on the Iran deal, but we were united in one thing: Sanctions work.

I would ask you to look at these investments.

I think it would be all but impossible.