Brad Sherman

Do people at the State Department care enough about the taxpayer to at least get promissory notes for what we are providing to Libya now?

We are selling $11 billion worth of arms to Qatar presumably because we think that is consistent with our foreign policy.

Can you go back and get the Libyans to assume financial responsibility for the Libyan Special Operations Forces training going on today?

What have we done? I mean, know Libya is supposed to pay for the military training in Bulgaria but it is not happening.

But the real slogan for an effective foreign policy is managing a messy world and I guess you can't--that isn't poetry.

One of our possible responses to Qatar is to call for democracy in Qatar, in which the ruler of the country would be selected not only by those who are 'citizens' but anyone who has lived there legally for 10 or 20 years.

Virtually every rocket it sends is a war crime, since its purpose is to kill civilians.

It is important that we identify the benefactors of Hamas, so that we can effectively deny it material and political support.

To hear today that there are no longer any Christians living in Mosul, as the world sits quietly by, is simply unacceptable.

The world needs to speak out.

Hamas is acting in violation of international law by targeting civilians in Israel, but also by using civilians in Gaza as human shields to protect their rockets.

I think it is crucial that we bring the perpetrators of that heinous crime to justice, and as soon as possible.

I support all the bills before us today, though I do want to bring to the committee's attention one concern I have about Resolution 281, dealing with China.

Amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 5041 offered by the Honorable Brad Sherman.

We need to urge Kiev to make the best possible offer to those who want autonomy.

As to the export of natural gas, the major reason, the major obstacle is the enormous economic cost of liquefying, transporting, and then regasifying the gas.

Who pays? Are the Germans lining up to say, damn it, we want to pay Japanese prices rather than Russian prices?

I don't know if any of my colleagues from oil-producing States can explain which companies... want to sell the gas for $10 in Europe.

You listen to the American media and it is as simple as an old western movie.

Well, we are paying twice, whatever the amount is.

In other words, the imperial presidency grows further.

Look, you are going to talk to us all we want. Let's say we say 'no' to this deal. Are you going to be able to implement it anyway by stretching the statutes and using your case-by-case waiver to make blanket waivers that deliver to the…

I don't think we are going to negotiate a good enough deal, not because Ambassador Sherman is a bad negotiator, but because I don't think you have enough leverage.

The job of the SEC is to carry out the statutory mandates that we pass in Congress

We ought to have Mr. Modi address a Joint Session of Congress.