Brad Sherman

I want to thank the chairman for including my amendment to focus on the importance of protecting the women of Nepal from violence against women and to work for gender equality.

I just hope that a lot of the media is taking note at how well we work together.

The Honorable Brad Sherman.

There is talk about whether our aid programs would benefit China.

It is said that no deal is better than a bad deal. That looks good on a political bumper sticker. I think our choice is between a bad deal, perhaps a very bad deal, and a very bad and intractable situation.

We have got to put pressure on the President to at least meet his minimum objectives.

I should point out, however, that the Iranian-led alliance of Assad, Iran, the Houthi, Hezbollah, has killed far more Americans and is far more dangerous in the future than even those who have made these gruesome videos or who attacked us…

I told him, 'You don't stop working for me; I just stop paying you.'

Environmentalists have not focused on the tremendous harm to the environment of wars in the Middle East.

I never bring up oil. Oil is not--in sense of oil production, but I just ask them what is on their mind.

The Shi'ite alliance is more dangerous than ISIS.

The President has total power to do just about everything he wants against not only al-Qaeda, but organizations once affiliated with al-Qaeda.

The President has total power to deploy our forces outside combat areas for training.

I would point out that while there may be some 'angels dancing on a head of a pin' theoretical reason for what they are doing...

That makes you even more responsible for the disaster that looms.

When you read the United States Constitution you will see that when it comes to economic sanctions and international economics, all the power is vested in Congress.

It is not the executive branch but Congress that has had it right for the last 15 years.

The executive branch under the Bush administration refused to enforce sanctions and violated American statutes for the benefit of Iran for 8 continuous years.

The fact is if exports create jobs, imports take them away. That is why the change in our trade policy that began in the late 1980s has accompanied the total destruction of the American middle class.

Trade is critically important. That is why we have to get it right which is hard to do when those in power in our country benefit so much whenever we get it wrong.

It is time for us to stand up for American security that includes our economic security.

So it is not a matter of conducting a view with regard to next year's budget. You may be illegally spending funds this year.

What about the consequence to our constitutional system when the Executive Branch takes the attitude that Congress doesn't know what it is doing, so we are not going to follow the law?

You are getting them to cheat less, but you are not following the law.

But, honey, I am cheating less.