Juan Vargas

I mean, I do think we have to engage the best we can to go after because I think the comments that were made are real.

In the short time that I have been here, I have had the honor of meeting many of my colleagues on the Republican side, and I have found them to be very honorable people. In fact, I have had the solemn opportunity to pray with them. They…

Again, thank you for holding this hearing.

I told them that all I had read... does lead me to believe that chemical weapons were used.

I am certainly someone who is very reluctant to get into any kind of war like this.

I want to express my deep concern regarding Iran's growing presence and influence in the Western Hemisphere.

I do want to ask a question, however, that came up since we have been here, and this is under Title II, subtitle B, section 212, Border Crossing Fee for Minors.

We must do all we can to stop Iranian influence in our hemisphere.

I want to thank the gentleman from California for yielding to allow me to speak on this very important issue to California. But I especially want to thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania for putting it in the context of our faith and our…

I thank the ranking member for yielding. Madam Chairman, I would like to thank the chairman and the ranking member of the Agriculture Committee for their leadership and their hard work in bringing a farm bill to the floor this year. I rise…

As we temper our expectations with the realities of the rigged electoral process in Iran, there remains many questions moving forward.

If we are a friend to Israel, we won't abandon them to the predations of the countries around them.

I think of Israel. They are good guys. They have our values. They are great allies, and I do see them as good guys.

Today, I rise in support of the efforts to address the increasing backlog of veterans disability claims in the FY 2014 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs appropriations bill. We must do everything in our power to ensure that the…

That shouldn't happen in America. You should have the right to vote.

I strongly support it, and I believe that we need to tighten economic sanctions against Iran as tight as possible.

I think what Congressman Cotton's attempting to do is very important... It would be easily circumventable if it just simply was money being transferred to a son.

I think that these sanctions are very necessary.

We need to change Federal law right here in the United States to be able to go after these people.

I have sponsored a bill, H.R. 1690, which does this.

Thank you very much, Madam Speaker. I appreciate it. I would first like to say and take a moment to remember the victims of the Boston attack. Certainly, my prayers and the prayers of all of us here go to the families and everyone…

What do we do though when we are cutting money here? What is your suggestion to us?

I certainly believe that Iran is attempting to get a nuclear weapon in their program.

First of all, I'd like to thank the chairwoman from the committee. She was very gracious during the committee hearing, and I learned quite a bit from her. I want to thank her for that. And I, in particular, want to thank the ranking…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 272, nays 136, not voting 23, as follows: [Roll No. 82] YEAS--272 Alexander Amash Bachmann Bachus Barber…