Ted Deutch

Your leadership is something that has left its imprint on this committee and on countries all throughout the world.

What I don't understand is the seeming disparity in treatment that permitted two individuals who may have had underlying conditions but were released to home confinement with two individuals who clearly had underlying challenges and wound…

I appreciate that. I am not sure that I understand what the higher-level analysis or the expertise is required.

How did Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen qualify to be transferred to home confinement?

Thanks very much, Madam Chair. Director Carvajal, Director Washington, thank you for your service to our country.

The bill that we will pass today demonstrates this Congress' interest in deescalating the conflict and that we support working with the U.N., our European allies, regional states, and Libyans to end the war and to help rebuild Libya…

H. Res 823, a resolution that I introduced, condemns the Iranian government's persecution of the Baha'i.

I stand with them and I urge support for this measure.

So I think if we do nothing, what we are saying is that government is no longer concerned about regulating dominant companies and it is just free rein.

The basic premise of our copyright law is that we are all enriched when creators create, and they must be able to earn a fair return on their ingenuity.

What we have is a whole group of creators who have been effectively left out of copyright protection.

I have previously described 512 as a flawed framework because it puts all the burden of enforcement on the victims of the crime.

I join with so many of my colleagues in expressing my great frustration and regret and anger that Mr. Pack is not here.

The purge appears to be expanding to include U.S. permanent residents and even people who have----

The divisive rhetoric and fearmongering that emanates from the White House every day is making things worse, not better.

Now yesterday, we learned that no one will be charged in the death of Breonna Taylor.

Diversity and representation in media matters.

We cannot just continue going about this committee's business or allow any person to undermine the bedrock of our democracy that free and fair elections determine our Government and our leaders.

President Trump's comments yesterday, his inability to acknowledge that there will be a peaceful transition of power, undercut these shared truths.

We have a shared faith in our institutions, even when we examine and challenge them.

The buck stops with Secretary Pompeo, right, he is the one who makes determinations like this about the emergency?

Secretary Pompeo deserves to give the American people some answers to these questions and some accountability.

The essence of rule of law is that we have one rule for everybody, and we don't in this case because he is a friend of the President's.

I must join my colleagues in expressing deep concerns about recent appointments at the Agency.

But there is more work to do, and now more than ever reckless cuts to U.S. foreign assistance only undermine U.S. national security and global stability.