Darrell Issa: “I voted, as the gentleman did, for the bill last week. I was concerned that it came unamendable, and it came around our…”

“I voted, as the gentleman did, for the bill last week. I was concerned that it came unamendable, and it came around our committee of jurisdiction. It never had an opportunity, even in the Committee on International Relations, where we deal on a day-to-day basis with the good, the bad, and the ugly of the situation in the Middle East. I also would add that whenever we do these resolutions, we have to remember that we are giving confidence to one side, but we cannot allow ourselves to take away hope from the other side. As the gentleman so aptly said, when we did not talk about the desire and the conviction of this country to keep working toward a lasting and sustainable peace, we took away some of the hope of the very people whose adverse behavior we wanted to dissuade.”