Lois Frankel

No, I don't think so, because it is my opinion that any money that we give to Iran, legally or not legally, that they are going to do bad things with it.

I think this bill itself, this piece of legislation, is more of a political statement.

It was just another Sunday in December 2006 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Greg Key was in church, with the pastor delivering a sermon--a little sweat on his brow. It was just another Sunday when Greg's cell phone buzzed. He stepped out for…

I think most of us agree that what is going on in Syria is one of the greatest humanitarian tragedies of our lifetime since World War II.

90 people a day are killed by a firearm in the United States of America. That is more than 33,000 families devastated by gun violence last year. Those are statistics. I want to tell you and read the names of real people in my hometown…

One of our Presidential candidates--you can just fill in the blank--praised the late Iraq dictator, Saddam Hussein.

There was something that happened yesterday that really appalled me, but it is not the same thing that appalled him.

Thank you very much for the bipartisanship of this committee.

I am very proud of the bipartisanship that we have shown on this committee.

We are facing an unprecedented heroin epidemic, so we need to make sure our drug policy is focused on saving lives.

America's diversity is one of our greatest strengths, and as our face to the world, our diplomatic corps should reflect that strength.

I think my first--the good thing about going to other countries is actually, I find, not just going to meet with the President and the Prime Minister, but just the ride through whatever city you are in and just to see the people.

I think one of the problems, as I see it, is that the inability of Congress to actually designate within the budget certain projects has led to this convoluted process, which gives way too much power to the Executive.

This week, we marked Equal Pay Day, which is the day more than 3 months into the year when women's earnings finally catch up to men's from the previous year. Mr. Speaker, it all adds up--$430,000. That is how much the average income loss…

I do not admire or respect Fidel Castro. I wouldn't give him anything.

And I want to also just reemphasize the request for a greater stakeholder involvement in deciding which projects to fund.

But why is that? I mean, why, why go through all--I mean, you go through so much work to evaluate these projects, and then it seems like it was for naught.

Is $300,000 sufficient?

Could you explain that?

I want to again thank you all for your service. I want to just go back to Everglades restoration, which you know is so important to Florida.

The beaches are much more than just places for people to get sunburns as you know.

I want to just thank you so much on including that in this report and for the cooperation we've been getting.

OK. Well, will you get back to me on that. Yes?

OK, well, that's good. OK. I like that answer.

I just--I want to thank you. We've had a very cooperative, excellent relationship with you all.