You can't have a democracy when you have a criminal defamation law, probably of any kind, but certainly a criminal defamation law that is used to silence and criminalize political speech.

Amendment to H. Res. 728 offered by the Honorable Brad Sherman, a Representative in Congress from the State of California.

I am going to go back to this theme that we need to understand Islam at the State Department and the organizations that it funds.

I want to say almost always take it down.

The budget is policy. Since 2013, the budget of this effort has grown from $5 million to a 2017 request for $21.5 million.

The State Department needs 14 levels of review to send out a tweet.

I am not aware of any effort that said, you know, not just if you see something say something but dedicate 5 hours a week of your time.

We need to give them the tools and the encouragement.

There is, obviously, division in any political organization, such as the Administration.

But when we come into this room, Mr. Chairman, we do see a high point of bipartisanship and order and the credit, clearly, goes to you and the ranking member.

We could avoid these constitutional issues by just passing a bill that says: North Korea, Iran, Sudan, and Syria are on the list, and they can't be taken off without congressional approval.

I agree with at least half of what the gentleman from California said about Pakistan and would like to meet him halfway.