Ted Deutch

Why should they care about Iran's human rights abuses? Why should they care about Iran's support for terrorism?

Every single company that is considering doing business in Iran should be deeply concerned by and should consider all of these factors before making any deal.

An American is killed with a gun every 16 minutes. And what is Congress' response? Well, here is what we have become really good at. We have become really good at coming together for moments of silence. We do it every time there is a mass…

My biggest fear, for all that we've accomplished in Lebanon, is that Hezbollah drags Lebanon and Israel into another war.

Next month will mark 2 years the Lebanese people have been without a President.

Thank you, Madam Chairman. Thanks for calling this hearing. Thanks to our witnesses for appearing today.

Lebanon has been locked in a political stalemate that has all but frozen the country's ability to effectively govern its diverse population.

Thank you and other distinguished members of the subcommittee for calling this hearing and drawing attention to Lebanon's security challenges.

We commend Prime Minister Tammam Salam for his courage and perseverance in addressing Lebanon's most pressing challenges.

I'd like to talk about the end of the Syrian conflict in light of the news reports just today, it's impossible right now to imagine.

I think I worry that with the withdrawal--the apparent withdrawal of Saudi Arabia from Lebanon--I hope this is just a monetary thing.

We tend to look at Lebanon in pieces in the context of other regional actors and conflicts.

Lebanon's leaders, particularly those who are blocking a quorum from convening in Parliament, must put the interests of the Lebanese people first.

This bill, H.R. 3694, addresses an important but often underacknowledged global trafficking issue.

I am proud of the attention that this committee has given to human trafficking, and I ask that we continue our strong record by acknowledging that trafficking of persons for the removal of their organs is a violation of our American values.

Don't you think this is, I mean, appalling that our government would use Soviet-style persecution of people who disagree and want to exercise the First Amendment freedom of speech?

the House of Representatives held Eric Holder... in contempt of Congress for hiding information.

the Administration has got to turn over those emails to Congress, and the whole thing now has kind of gone away.

Discrimination based on sex and gender bias are huge and pervasive problems.

I am appreciative of the administration's position of the sanctions that have been imposed.

If the international community won't do it, then the United States Congress I think has an obligation to do that.

I thank Mr. Smith for his powerful words and for sharing the very powerful and very moving words of Bob's family. I ask my colleagues to think about the Levinson family as if they were your own and to use the opportunity that we have here…

So should we be concerned, Mr. Vance? ... that there is at least the risk that that gets stolen...

I'm not looking to Apple to write the legislation to balance these very difficult issues between privacy and public safety.

I want to agree with Mr. Gowdy that if this were as easy as public safety or privacy, I think most of us, probably all of us, if we had to make the choice, we're going to opt for public safety for the very reason that Mr. Gowdy spoke of.