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Theodore E. Deutch is a former American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida's 22nd congressional district from 2010 to 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, Deutch focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and environmental protection during his time in office. He was known for his advocacy on behalf of the Jewish community and for his work on foreign affairs, particularly regarding Israel. Deutch was also involved in various legislative efforts aimed at gun control and combating climate change.
But there are many members of both sides of the aisle who feel that it is absolutely appropriate for Congress, the body that built the sanctions architecture that brought Iran to the table, to remind the Iranians that full sanctions relief…
Well, let me just go on. So, going further though, if you inserted section 107 into another country's legal system, without including any of our defining precedent, what is the likelihood that you would come up with remotely similar…
I don't believe that one religious view should be imposed on others, and using the massive power of the Federal Government to force others to share your religious views or penalize those who view differently is a dangerous approach.
Federal funds haven't been used for abortion in 30 years. So if the problem that we are truly trying to solve is to keep taxpayers from footing the bills for abortions, mission accomplished.
To create new restrictions on the coverage of abortion by private insurance companies in the guise of taxpayer protection I think is outrageous.
It is cold outside, and for too many Americans who have been unemployed for too long because this Congress has failed to act, it is now a little bit harder for those Americans who are actively seeking work to get the emergency unemployment…
The list of issues that the 113th Congress has failed to address is long: immigration reform, gun violence, long- term joblessness. Yet on this list of opportunities squandered by Republican obstructionism and indifference is also the…
We must continue to press Iran to treat their people with due process and we must act to ensure the release of all political prisoners including Pastor Abedini, Amir Hekmati, and Robert Levinson.
The commitment that exists to bring Pastor Abedini home and Mr. Hekmati home and to bring home my constituent is real.
At a time when Iran is seeking to reengage with the international community, its ongoing persecution of Pastor Abedini is utterly deplorable.
Mr. Chairman, I agree wholeheartedly with you that on every occasion we should do as much as we can to bring home Pastor Abedini...
Seven years missing? I don't want to be here 6 years from now. I would say that is incompetent.
I hope President Karzai understands that he is risking Afghanistan's future by playing this very dangerous game on the bilateral security agreement.
Many of our constituents want us--and they expressed this very clearly--want us to bring home every last U.S. soldier.
If there is not a deal, then these additional sanctions that we passed during the summer... should put those in place.
My concern is we have heard the argument before that sanctions undermine international unity.
We hope you will continue to press for his release so he can come home safely to south Florida.
We put sanctions in place to get to negotiation on our way to getting the Iranians to give up their nuclear weapons capability.
It is in the vital national security interests of the United States to see a secure, a stable and a democratic Tunisia.
For the last couple of years, the administration has proposed to implement a Middle East and North Africa incentive fund.
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