Brad Sherman

If we want to go further and use the power of the state to take down information, I think it is incumbent on Congress to craft a new statute defining what the responsibilities of these Internet companies are.

I look forward to hearing from our witnesses on not only how we can be on defense and take down the bad stuff, but how we can be on offense and use social media and traditional media to get our message out.

I can't think of anything we can do for $8 million that would better express our dedication to the First Amendment and to posing difficulties for the North Korean regime.

I have trust and confidence in their conclusions.

We ought to reflect that this was a unique attack. It wasn't just an attack on a company, it was an attack against freedom of speech in the United States.

I support all the efforts of the gentlemen here and of the ranking member and the chairman to try to turn the spigot down a little bit, but I don't think we can turn it off.

Look, I don't care if you are just peeling potatoes in the mess, if you are part of the ISIS Army, you belong in prison until this war against Islamic extremism is over.

I have been pushing on the State Department for, I think the better part of a year, to hire an expert in Islamic law.

The State Department has thousands of experts in American law, you don't particularly need more.

We have to urge Turkey to seal its borders and to prevent fighters from joining ISIS...

ISIS is evil and they found ways to convince Americans that they are more evil than other forces in the Middle East.

As to al-Qaeda, their capacity to carry out attacks in the West was demonstrated on September 11th.

No one should doubt that the Iranians, the Syrian Government, and Hezbollah have a capacity to get their agents into Western countries and the United States.

In destroying ISIS, not only is it impossible without huge American casualties--impossible in the present decade--but begs the question, what will flourish in the territory...

We ought to be trying to prevent them from developing missiles but let us remember you can smuggle a nuclear weapon.

I agree with you that any sanctions relief should come only through an act of Congress and I hope that the Iranians understand that any waivers granted by this President are waivers that do not necessarily apply to any future…

We have learned that Qatar is a major source of funds, both at the governmental level, but also allowing its citizens to donate to Hezbollah, Hamas, and ISIS.

Ebola is a great issue, not only for development in Africa, but for the American people.

We need to write a new authorization to use military force and replace the ones we have now.

I want to commend the administration for its success in dealing with Assad's chemical weapons.

We have decided to be hawks on Japanese rocks and doves on trade.

Every year they become another $300 billion richer and we lose 2 million to 3 million jobs.

The United States has become weak by having open markets.

Are you aware of any strategy that has realistically proposed a method to achieve American leadership from the front?

But we charge Australia for training. We charge European--the NATO allies for training.