"Our main policy efforts did not reinforce each other. They were contradictory."
"Even in August, when the decision was unwinding and Joe Biden had foolishly picked a date-certain..."
"So far, this Administration, the Biden Administration, has presided over the evacuation of an 11 embassies."
"for those people that think this issue is remote somehow and it is not important to the U.S., which I just fail to understand"
"I’m also keenly aware of what our military has been telling us in terms of the effects of climate change and how important that is"
"First off, as a Gold Star family myself--my uncle was killed in action--I just want to recognize and thank the families that are here."
"The purpose of undertaking the overall investigation of Afghanistan was to look to 20-plus years and to try to find out lessons learned, things that we could do differently."
"I hope that the Speaker has the courage to even allow democracy that so many people fought for a chance to have a vote on this."
"we're in the greatest threat globally that we have been in since World War II in this regard."
"the place where this will be met is right here in this U.S. House."
"If we do not have democracy in the U.S. House right now we cannot expect to be the leader of democracy worldwide."
"This resolution condemns Russia's unjust and arbitrary detention of Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza who stood up in defense of democracy and the rule of law in Russia."