Brad Sherman

What would happen if we simply didn't provide the aid until Dr. Afridi and his family were released?

I hope you convey that Congress probably won't [provide aid], and next year, I would suggest Congress is much less likely to.

The debt markets are obviously far more important to the economy, or at least involve far more capital, than the stock markets.

We still have a system where the umpire is paid by one of the teams and selected by that team.

It is absurd to think that IRA accounts would have one set of protections and non-IRA, non-pension accounts would have another.

I fear--and I have given the administration a chance to douse those fears--that chicanery will be used in the timing of the voting on this deal.

I want to go on to just one last thing as my time expires, and that is we will sanctimoniously and with great hubris tell everybody in Asia that we are going to teach them about democracy, and yet you know and I know that the plan of the…

This is a trade agreement so manifestly against American interests that everyone running for President swears they are against it.

We are being war hawks about some islets that remain uninhabited to this day. That is how useless they are.

We have seen democracy in Burma or Myanmar move forward. But keep in mind, democracy is not touted as a system that necessarily protects minority rights.

I have and will continue to vote for the higher levels of tax revenue that will be necessary if we are actually going to be spending the money that you have recommended to us.

Now we are here--you--for the most part, relaxing standards, letting--providing less protection to investors so that we can provide an easier path to providing capital for business.

I would hope that you would direct your staff to lean in the direction of fairness.

This is the most environmental Administration in history.

It is time for this Congress to pass a strong and credible resolution condemning China for its oppression of various religions, but especially Falun Gong, to condemn China for wrongful executions, and to condemn China for harvesting organs…

It is wrong for us to permit a doctor here to transplant that organ because that is us participating in a crime, and a horrific crime that shouldn't be excused.

Gee, fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice, you know.

I look forward to the U.S.-India relationship not being our 10th largest trading partner in the future.

In evaluating trade relationships, we all too often focus on revenue for American corporations or profits for American corporations, and all too little emphasis is put on jobs for American workers.

Are we providing aid to the Government of Armenia to take care of those refugees?

I have been advocating for direct aid to Nagorno-Karabakh since 1997. It is an important investment we make in peace in that region and in support of a negotiated and democratic solution.

I appreciate the Senate copying our work, since imitation is the most sincere form of flattery.

The House passed H.R. 1853 overwhelmingly last year. We sent the bill to the Senate. Instead of acting on the House bill, the Senate Xeroxed our bill, put their own name on it, and sent it back here.

We spend a minuscule amount--and when you think about, just look at the agenda, whether it is science and innovation, whether it is global health, dealing with women's health and malaria or global health security, the tropical diseases…

Congress can play an important role in foreign affairs by providing adequate funds and providing oversight.