Ted Deutch

I want to commend your commitment to the independence of the FBI and to the rule of law.

If the President fired the special counsel without satisfying any of the requirements that currently are in DOJ regulations, without doing it for cause, but only because he was concerned about the special counsel getting too close to him…

I thank my friend for yielding. Mr. Speaker, it has been almost 5 years to the day that 20 6- and 7- year-old babies were slaughtered in Newtown. It has been about a year- and-a-half since 49 people were killed in my home State of Florida…

What separates the United States from oligarchies and despots around the world is the American commitment to the rule of law.

This bipartisan legislation to protect the special counsel, to ensure that the special counsel can do his job and can pursue ultimately the truth, wherever it takes him, has to be brought up in this committee--must be.

It means that powerful people do not get to write their own rules.

We have sat here for almost 2 hours and have heard nary a word from my Republican colleagues about Russian interference in our election or about the efforts of the Mueller investigation to get to the bottom of it.

I would like to just take a moment to thank the women and men of the FBI for their hard work.

I thank the gentleman from New York, my friend, the ranking member, for yielding. I rise in support of H.R. 1164, the Taylor Force Act. Mr. Speaker, the pursuit of a negotiated two-state solution to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict…

It is our duty to call on the PA to end this indefensible practice of rewarding terror and to demonstrate a real commitment to peace, a peace where Israel can live safely and securely as a Jewish and democratic state next to a Palestinian…

The Republican tax plan that provides massive, permanent tax cuts to the largest corporations and tax increases for millions of middle class Americans is bad tax policy. Let's be honest about what it does. This $1.5 trillion tax cut will…

I really don't think the U.S. should be joining it, first of all, because we don't have a couple hundred million to contribute to it.

China's attitude is really 'China first.'

This bill will help end the horrible practice where Palestinian Authority pays salaries to terrorists and their families.

That's exactly what the President did in both of those cases.

We should be worried about the pursuit of the rule of law.

Do you work for the American people or do you work for the President of the United States?

You took an oath to uphold the Constitution. We took an oath to uphold the Constitution.

It suggests that the rule of law is crumbling at our feet.

Sixteen years. For 16 years, Americans soldiers have been sacrificing their lives in Afghanistan to secure the future of that country and to protect our citizens at home.

The ANDSF must ensure that it can one day function independently of foreign assistance and U.S. leadership on the ground.

Again, criticism of Israel, Israel's government, and Israel's policies are more than fair.

That is not students finding their voice. That is one student using his or her voice to stifle the free speech of that other student.

Let me address some of what we have heard today. One, that any criticism of Israel would be anti-Semitic under this. It is not true.

In all of that discussion, what is been missing is a discussion of the free speech of Jewish students who do not feel free to speak out.