Bill Keating

As a district attorney before I was here, I was very concerned on gender violence issues, particularly sexual assault, domestic violence.

The vast majority, up to 80 percent of Russia's air strikes in Syria have not been on ISIS targets.

The reality is that that would be strategically foolhardy for the United States, in my opinion, to go down that pathway.

The situation we have watched unfold in Syria the last 6 years has been wrought with complexities and, the chairman and I agree, with chaos and atrocities under the Assad government.

If we are going to be smart about terrorism and specifically the rising role of ISIL, then we must first come to terms with the reality that their model of terrorism is built on a foundation of radicalization.

Are you satisfied with that chain of command, then, that took place during that period?

I have heard the administration reference the Boston Marathon bombings as an example of a domestic attack that would have been prevented by the President's Executive Order.

I think investing in better equipment, investing in the human resources, all of that will do great things for our economy.

I just wanted to point out that with the help of the committee here we passed in the House just this week a bill that will take the GAO study about looking at the uniqueness of the design of every airport into consideration with our safety…

American trade with the U.K. represents one-fifth of the trade with the European Union as a whole.

This is the time to be talking about this, not moving ahead with one and leaving the other 80 percent of our allies by the wayside.

Article VI: ``All debts contracted and engagements entered into, before the adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the Confederation. ``This Constitution, and the laws…

I did want to comment and thank you, Mr. Chairman, and members of the committee.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps continues to act as a destabilizing force in the Middle East and beyond.

It is imperative that we continue to hold Iran accountable for its actions and be subject to secondary sanctions.

The amendment in the nature of a substitute offered by the Honorable William Keating, a Representative in Congress from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

The situation in Libya remains very fluid and complex.

I appreciate the attention we are affording the issue.

I just want to thank the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Roskam) for his support in this. I want to thank the 19 cosponsors of this legislation, including the gentleman from New York (Mr. Engel) who just spoke and who is the ranking member of…

This doesn't even stop the purchase of the gun. It just gives the authorities the information that is being done.

This is a critical dialog that we are having.

The polls that we are seeing now are showing that our country is more divided than it has been in decades.

It is harder to hate up close, and it is easier to be strong up close.

I want to thank Representative Keating for his good amendment today, which further increases administration accountability.

The use of virtual currency--Bitcoin, prepaid cards, things like that--are emerging challenges for us.