Brad Sherman

Too-big-to-fail should be too-big-to-exist.

I feel like I am at a ballroom dance on the deck of the Titanic. The faith of the American people in our government and institutions is at an all-time low.

Your governance has led to the decisions that have nearly brought this country to its knees.

Had we refused to bomb Nazi trains during World War II because the conductor was a civilian, we might live in a very different world today.

I commend Mr. Heck for being here and for offering this resolution.

This bill recognizes the 25th anniversary of that democracy.

Democracy has been thriving in Mongolia for 25 years.

I look forward to working with the members in the room on legislation to prohibit U.S. companies from helping this great wall of China.

Singapore was established in its independence 50 years ago.

The only thing we agreed on was one thing, and that is sanctions worked.

I have always voted for every Iran sanctions bill--big ones and small ones, those that were the product of great drafting, those that were the product of mediocre drafting--and I asked only why we couldn't make the bill stronger.

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

I would also like you to explore with USAID the idea that a good chunk of our aid should go there in the form of providing free textbooks.

That idea may have come from Congress.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

When we look at the East and South China Sea, we see China becoming more aggressive.

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

This bill requires the State Department to reassess their approach and come up with a better, more effective strategy.