Peter Roskam

I believe, I strongly believe that separating the radical fundamentalist Islamic regime from their terrorist activities is like trying to separate heat from a flame or light from a candle.

It is an honor to speak with you about Iran's sanctions.

Congress should consider the same treatment for costs of doing business in states that sponsor terrorism.

Congress should examine the criteria under which the President could use his waiver authority in this tax provision.

If we are going to be effectively rewriting the agreement as demanded by Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei.

I want to thank the panel of witnesses for your time and your expertise.

I think it is really important for the purposes of today, to take away sort of some of the heat and the anxiety and sort of the discussion to get back to this crucial point.

Congress has a great opportunity before it, and this subcommittee is laying the cornerstone.

Unless some of these companies think they can just go in and make a quick buck and let the Iranians get more money, they are going to have a lot of conflict on their hands.

We are going to be looking at tax credits; we are going to be looking at deferral; we are going to be looking at the definitions within the Tax Code;

It just seems like it is a disaster.

A lot of us feel like this is good money after bad.

It seems like at many levels it is simply a failure.

I am not a fan of the public option. I opposed it. Every Republican opposed it.

There is no question.

They didn't get through. They didn't make any difference. They couldn't break into the inner circle of decisionmaking.

You created an environment, Madam Secretary, where the cables couldn't get through.

And you laid this on Chris Stevens, didn't you? You said earlier, he knows where to pull the levers. So aren't you implying that it's his responsibility to figure out how he's supposed to be secure, because Chris Stevens knows how to pull…

No one recommended closing, but you had two ambassadors that made several requests. And here's basically what happened to their requests: They were torn up. They were dismissed.

What does that mean when you say, 'I took responsibility'?

You initiated a policy to put the United States into Libya as the Secretary of State and you overcame a number of obstacles within the administration to advocate for military action.

That's not all that was going on, though. Isn't that right?

We came, we saw, he died

I think you are underselling yourself. You got the State Department on board.

But that didn't come easy, did it? Because you faced considerable opposition.