Ted Deutch

There are not all different sides to anti-Semitism.

Why should we not be concerned about every one of those individuals and their ability to sustain and fight back?

I introduced this bill because I met with Assistant Secretary of Education for civil rights and asked how many ongoing investigations into cases of anti-Semitism were they pursuing? And the answer was zero.

I thank my friend, Mr. Lipinski, for yielding and for his thoughtful and passionate leadership in combating climate change, and thanks to the strong bipartisan cross section of Members who have come to the floor tonight to talk about the…

I am deeply troubled by the disconnect between the administration's rhetoric and reality.

I thank my friend from Florida for her tireless leadership in standing up for all those pushing back against Iran's influence in the region, Iran's support for Hezbollah, and specifically here, cutting off sources of funding for Hezbollah…

I am grateful to Chairman Royce, Ranking Member Engel, Chairman Ros-Lehtinen, Congressman Bilirakis, and to my colleagues on the Foreign Affairs Committee and other Members for their work on the three measures today aimed at curbing the…

That is very kind, but I am happy to yield to my friend from Florida, so I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Florida is now recognized to close debate.

We owe it to the American people to illuminate how Mr. Trump's anti-refugee policies violate our values, damage our economy, and make all of us less safe.

I don't accept the Iranian argument that somehow increasing sanctions on Iran for everything that they are doing that is outside the deal violates the deal.

The Iranian regime cannot be trusted with an industrial-size nuclear enrichment program which could become possible when the sunsets hit...

It is impossible to not find that appalling and shocking, and recognize it as one of the worst human rights abuses in modern history.

this is precisely the opportunity to get together with our allies and see how we can get them back onboard on holding Iran accountable for its malign activities.

We can't address Iran's threat without addressing the totality of the situation, and that is what we are here to do today.

If we walk away from the deal, those sunset provisions go from 10 years to tomorrow.

We ought to build on that. There is strong bipartisan support for that.

We have to push Iran back, and we have to use our economic pressure to do that.

This was an important hearing on a critical issue with excellent witnesses, serious discussion, and very little political grandstanding.

Isn't it appropriate for America to lead the effort with our allies under the JCPOA to get access to those military sites?

It is not clear to me that that has ever been laid out.

There is a consensus.

And I think it is okay to acknowledge that. And I think that we have an opportunity to try to address the short-falls of the JCPOA through diplomatic channels.

I opposed the JCPOA back in 2015. But like you, I said from the beginning that we have to vigorously enforce this international agreement to ensure that we hold Iran accountable where we can.

We have lots of debates here, we talk about the budget and why it is so shortsighted and inadvisable to make drastic cuts to our USAID budget.

If we walked away from the agreement tomorrow, if the President pulled us out of the JCPOA, those sunsets would effectively drop from a decade to a day, since Iran would be freed of its obligations under the deal.