Ted Deutch

The cease-fire I do not think is durable over the long term, and I say that because we only reached it by placing significant leverage on the table against Turkey which included aggressive sanctions against high-level Turkish officials.

Thank you very much, Dr. Khatib.

I think you are realistic in your assessment. As a representative as each of us are of the American people who are looking for--we have to respond, rightly so, to our constituency and say, well, this is the goal.

As long as it remains on the books, the 2002 authorization will tempt Presidents to act unilaterally.

A decision on going to war is the greatest choice a Member of Congress can make.

I think that we should flip it around. I think Congress should be the one that has the authority to make the decision about whether we expand the list of enemies, not the President.

Congress must repeal the 2002 AUMF, which is no longer necessary.

The work that we're doing on this--on so many issues but on this--on this topic specifically is informed, in large part, by your advocacy, your leadership, and your work on behalf of Jamal Khashoggi and your other constituents, protecting…

The U.S. has an opportunity now at the start of an administration that has made it clear that the U.S.-Saudi relationship will be recalibrated to set a course for the bilateral that protects and advances both human rights and U.S.

For decades, American presidents, both Democrats and Republicans, elevated human rights and advanced a values-based foreign policy, not because of altruism.

I share the concerns several of my colleagues have already expressed over the current situation in Haiti.

I think that is what we need to do.

I appreciate that. I just have a bit, excuse me, a bit more time.

We all agree that the Haitian people deserve free, fair, and credible elections.

We need more responsible, high-quality journalism, and fewer monetized megaphones that some use to attempt to destroy lives.

I think it is absolutely essential in a democracy to have competition in the media, a lot of competition, and we seem to be moving away from that.

I appreciate that. I thank the Chair for shining a bright light on the abuse of arbitration, the unfairness of these agreements that are forced upon American consumers, and I thank Congressman Johnson for introducing the FAIR Act to remedy…

There is no argument that any serious economist believes that arbitration is better, faster, cheaper for consumers and employees as compared to class actions.

I want to point out what we just heard one of our colleagues talk about arguments being old and tired. I would actually like to talk about the old and the tired. Real people.

I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), the distinguished majority leader of the House of Representatives.

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Mrs. Hayes).

And I also note Republican colleagues purport not to defend any of Representative Greene's hateful statements or reprehensible conduct, instead, rely on process. The appeals to process should be recognized for what they are, an effort to…

The record has to reflect that he was convicted. If this was a serious enough offense for us to impeach in a bipartisan way that it`s a serious enough offense for the Senate to go forward.

You have advocated for a principled American role in the world. You have fostered a spirit of bipartisanship on this committee.

I think that democracy and economic development go together also, because, as I put it, people want to vote and eat.