Mr. Chairman, once again, I want to thank everyone who has worked so hard: Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Tonko, and all of the people who are finally moving this ahead. It is a very important issue in terms of our energy. It is very important in terms…

Accountability is an important piece of any successful endeavor, especially in development.

If our goal is to achieve effective sustainable development, we can't afford environmental and social harms any more than we can afford financial costs.

I would like to thank the chair. I would like to thank the ranking member for holding this markup and their work on all the bills that are in front of us.

Development efforts fail when there is insufficient attention to workers' rights, environment protection, or human rights.

this morning's testimony you'd see, generally speaking, bipartisan agreement that pulling out is the wrong approach

It remains my view that addressing Iran's meddling across the Middle East won't get easier to manage without a deal.

To me, that would be a major setback and potentially provoke a nuclear arms race in the region, which has been mentioned.

For sure the transformation that the Obama administration hoped for in our relationship with Iran has failed.

This division with the West is exactly what Russia has been gearing toward and continues to undercut a coalition.

Putin must be having a pretty good laugh about this happening right now, don't you think?