Lois Frankel

I ask another question: What is the logic in taking little children out of Head Start programs when we know that the path to middle class, the path to be able to take care of your family, to take care of yourself, to be a tax-paying…

Barbara is in no condition to take care of anybody. Listen, I think we all know, the American people know that we have to get our fiscal house in order. There is a deficit problem for us, but the American people want us to solve it in a…

Thank you, Congresswoman Maloney. I'm pleased to be with you. I came up here as a new Member in a bipartisan spirit, and I really wanted to be standing here today embracing Mr. Ryan's plan; but I have to tell you, I'm worried about it. And…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, panel. A question, to change the subject a little bit. I am from south Florida. We have a very high number of seniors and folks with disabilities.

On Sunday, March 3, 2 days after the failure of this body to stop the mindless budget cuts of the sequester that will slash millions of dollars for medical research, I was honored to join Bob and Suzanne Wright and thousands of others as…

What do we in the end do we want to accomplish? North Korea has 21 million people. It is in a strategic location.

But the increasing nuclear capacity is disturbing, as is assisting Iran in its procurement of a nuclear weapon.

I know we have heard some, it is quite horrifying to hear so many of the things you are talking about--human right violations, illicit activities of the counterfeiting of money, cigarettes, drugs.

Thank you, Congressman, and thank you for inviting me to join you today. I don't want to go through all the statistics. I guess I could because sometimes we forget that we're talking about real people. Let me just keep it very, very…

I, too, am concerned about the reports of rape and attacks on women protesters.

I would like to know what Egypt is doing well to bring security to Israel and the Middle East.

I'm going to ask a more basic, a 'living room' question which is my constituents sitting in a living room if they were listening to this what they would ask basically which is--and you can answer this in a general term, which is what are…

I listened to--there is great angst on the part of some of my colleagues as to whether or not to continue to fund the Palestinian Authority, either with more conditions, or not to fund it.

I share with our chairwoman and ranking member any support for the security of Israel, who is our closest and most important ally in the Middle East.