Jane Harman

We should not underestimate the need for our allies. The Europeans are disappointed, if not dismayed, by the U.S. decision to leave the Paris Climate Accord.

First of all, let me commend Congress for something it did last year by a veto-proof margin and that was to pass the sanctions law against Russia, Iran, and North Korea that dramatically increased sanctions against all three countries.

This is the third chance for Ukraine for this government to say to folks, hey, you fought and died in the Maidan.

There will be austerity measures required to qualify for IMF loans, substantial, huge IMF loans.

If the resources from the West just go into McMansions for a few oligarchs or fat bank accounts, that is unacceptable.

Everyone cares about Ukraine's economic future, but Ukraine has to care about Ukraine's economic future.

Senator McCain is right when he says Russia's economy is a gas station and Russia is a gas station posing as a country.

Putin already has not learned Colin Powell's Pottery Barn rule: if you break it, you own it.

As we know in American politics, it is the economy, stupid.

Should America offer robust leadership all over the world? The answer to that needs to be yes.

I always said that the so-called war on terror was a misnomer.

Absolutely not. I have been saying lately no more pivots. I think U.S. leadership and focus is needed everywhere in the world.

Whac-A-Mole is not an adequate solution.

I agree with Senator Lieberman that Syria could easily become the sequel to Afghanistan in training large numbers of terrorists.

As I have often said, the terrorists won't check our party registration before they blow us up.

The problem is the business model is broken and that is a frustration I know for all of you.

I am not against the use of force. I am not against the use of drones.

We can't leave a force there without a status of forces agreement.

We should never disengage from that region.

There is a democratically-elected leader of Iraq who is supposed to represent the whole population.

I am saying we need to continue a robust counterterrorism presence in the Middle East.

I deplore what Edward Snowden did. I don't think he was a whistleblower, and I think he in many respects compromised very important security interests.

We need to have an effective system that can spot bad guys and prevent and disrupt plots against us.

Continue the counterterrorism mission in not just the greater Middle East but around the world.

Engage in a whole-of-Government approach to solve this problem.