I think leading meetings isn't necessarily going to solve a situation, we have 90,000 people, vast majority of them innocent, that have lost their lives.

The leader of the free world is not the United States Congress. The leader of the free world is the President of the United States.

We cannot allow Iran to get a nuclear weapon.

I really, personally, from all I've heard, we actually are up against Iran becoming a nuclear state.

I think our big concern, as you've heard from everybody that's spoken so far is Iran is on the edge of attaining a nuclear weapon.

I appreciate you yielding. And, Mr. Blumenauer, thank you for leading on this, Ms. Gabbard and Mr. Stivers as well. This is such an important issue. You know, we're a Nation of commitments, and a lot of the times Washington gets this…

I hope you choose nuclear policy as one of your priorities.

Our current nuclear energy strategy is unstructured and without clear goals.

I am a big believer that when America retreats from the world, chaos ensues.

I think this is an extension of something that was coined a little bit ago, a year or 2 ago, the 'lead from behind' strategy.

I was just shocked by the last 5 minutes of what I have heard.

The United States is not serious. We are not serious about our red lines.

I am worried that we snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in Iraq.

You never use that unless you even intend to follow through, because you are the President of the United States.

As we continue to experience unacceptably slow economic growth, it will be important that we do not apply additional barriers from Washington.

What would approval of these 20 remaining LNG export applications mean for the American economy? I believe that the answer is somewhat simple. It means American jobs.

Illinois is fighting its own issue with the area of fracking. We have, I would say, terrible leadership in the State of Illinois that is very slow to react to changing circumstances.

We need to support policies that encourage domestic job growth.

What will exporting natural gas do to natural gas prices here at home because I fear that a skyrocket in domestic natural gas prices would, in fact, lead to a hurt in the manufacturing sector as energy prices skyrocket again.

I believe personally that when America retreats from the world or retreats from a leadership role in the world, that chaos ensues.

The whole purpose of our policy today is to train and equip the Afghan army to be able to fend for itself.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. You know, in the midst of talking about immigration reform, which I think is something that we're going to be addressing very shortly and something we ought to address very shortly, I want to just come forward and…

I think in my mind, a red line is to make it very clear; if you use chemical weapons against your own people, we will devastate your ability to use chemical weapons.

The very nature of the Iranian actions in Syria now suggest to me that they're very nervous about the Assad regime's long-term prospects.

I feel like we're reacting to the situation.