Brad Sherman

In the 1940s, we occupied countries. No one doubted our right to occupy.

The definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing and expect another result.

We all agree we should be engaged in the region. We ought to provide diplomatic support for our allies. But I fear that we have already begun to go overboard.

The American economy, if it fails, will not fail because, in 2014, there weren't enough entities and funds and hedge funds buying stocks and bonds from the biggest corporations.

If I could interrupt, it used to be that character mattered, that relationships mattered.

What can you do as regulators to prod the banks into making those small- and medium-sized business loans, instead of using all their capital on Wall Street?

Everything we do should support democratic values and promote democratic values...

The President of the Ukraine should not be rejecting European membership and association without going back to his people.

I share Mr. Rohrabacher's concern that it is not for us to tell the Ukrainians what to do...

Israel does not discriminate against Arab Americans. There has been this effort by anti-Israel extremists to accuse Israel of that.

It is peculiar that this agreement is not disclosed.

From 1996 to 2010, although this committee did everything possible to pass new sanctions, they were stopped by three successive administrations.

I would point out that if we lose this game, it is not because of who was calling the plays in the final quarter. We didn't field a team for the first three quarters.

If Iran has nuclear weapons, Americans shouldn't feel that they are safe even if missile defense worked.

I don't think Congress should surrender this role, because Congress has been right, and three administrations have been wrong.

The fact is that we are told by the administration we can adopt new sanctions in a nanosecond, should we decide that that is important.

A financial institution must hit an incredible low in its credibility if it thinks that cloaking itself in Congress is a step up.

It would put us in a position to deal with all the problems we are talking about.

If we were to move forward with that currency manipulation, impose the tariff now, that would generate the funds to help industries.

We have a 4:1 trade deficit. China has four times as much to lose if there is a trade war as compared to us.

And it provides absolutely no tool for dealing with the violations that are done under the table as opposed to the top of the table.

I represent the entertainment industry and their preference is to accept whatever crumbs they are given.

So we could impose double-digit tariffs on Chinese goods either because they are a currency manipulator.

A number of us up here would like to see immediate double-digit tariffs on all Chinese goods because of their currency manipulation.

I could not agree with you more that we need to talk to the Chinese about international labor standards.