"The dangerous activities of Iran and Hezbollah so near our borders demand a whole of government strategy."
"So I believe this bill is necessary as a first step to redoubling our efforts to better understand the extent of the Iranian activity here at home."
"I thank the ranking member."
"We need to be prepared with a strategy to counter Iran's hostile presence in our neighborhood."
"This is a very, very important piece of legislation. We have seen increasing evidence."
"This bill, H.R. 3783, the Countering Iran in the Western Hemisphere Act of 2012, ... deserves support."
"The Iranian threat isn't just thousands of miles away. It is close to home."
"Is this projection sustainable? Is this situation sustainable?"
"If there are not--if we do not push very, very hard for future elections in Egypt, what you are talking about, the possibility of it going badly, it goes much higher."
"We often hear the leaders of the Brotherhood movement in Egypt argue that they are no different than the ruling party, the AKP, in Turkey."
"If we look at the plight of the Coptic Christians, if we look at the plight of those in civil society struggling to bring order out of chaos, you realize that this is going to be a very, very rocky ro..."