Steve Watkins

It is wrong to be blaming all Israeli and Palestinian violence, quote, as being due to an occupation.

Last Friday, Fathi Hammad, a senior Hamas official called upon Palestinians worldwide to kill all Jews.

Every year, Hamas mobilizes Palestinians in their days of rage to attack Israelis at their border.

Hamas uses women and children as human shields.

Antisemitism has no place in America, in Congress, or in this committee.

As someone who believes that the Federal Government is extremely bloated and wasteful, these sorts of common-sense policies might not grab headlines, but they certainly mean that we did our job and do not have to take quite as much in…

Our Founding Fathers required that Congress approve key officials, and the current loophole diminishes our constitutional oversight role and our influence over foreign policies.

While there are things in the bill that I do not like or that I do not think are necessary, that is the byproduct of bipartisan negotiation and compromise, something I think we need more of these days.

It is clear that the Federal Government needs better IT management.

The needs of New Jersey might be different than the needs of Kansas, but to impose a one-size-fits-all tyrannical regime from Washington, I think, is the wrong approach.

The regime in Tehran is one of the world's worst human rights abusers.

I believe the objective of post-secondary education must be to prepare students to enter the workforce with the skills needed for lifelong success.

Every American deserves a chance to seek post-secondary education regardless of the circumstances.

In essence, without any checks on the development of technology within the People's Republic of China they are developing what some call a digital totalitarian surveillance state.

My constituents clearly see that the economy is doing well, the best that it has been for years, largely because of the pro-growth policies, to include lower taxes and deregulation.

Every Member of Congress, if they were to agree on one thing, it would be that all the industries and businesses that we visit are asking one thing. 'We need helpers. We need more workers here.'

I do not believe that it is a good idea for us to stop talking to the German ambassador.

I am honored to be here today to remember, recognize, and celebrate the 65th anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision.

I believe our Nation should foster an all of the above education environment, one that is inclusive of all types of learning, institutions, schools, colleges, universities.

Nobody likes going home, opening the envelope and finding a surprise medical bill. Lack of network and cost transparency seems to be a problem.

The solution was a pro-economic growth policy, characterized by low taxes and low regulation that allows the economy to thrive.

It is a better panel because of you, Ms. Johnson, and we are a healthier state because of you.

The CBO published in a 2014 study that a 10 percent or a $10 minimum wage would cost a half a million jobs.

I remember quite well the budget then was based on deficits. Today we have surpluses. The economic assumptions used in building that budget were in excess. They were very liberal type assumptions that David Stockman put there. This budget…

Today, I offer a bill that would bring fairness and equity, as the gentleman from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) said, to an injustice that has occurred and that will have a significant impact in helping the members of the Choctaw, Chicasaw…