Mike Capuano

I want to amend it; I just don't want to gut it.

I think there are some reasonable questions and issues being raised here.

So the truth is I love you all but I am trying to put you all out of business.

I wish I lived in a society where there is no need for HUD, no need for any housing authorities.

As far as I know, in everything I have ever done most of my time in public life has been trying to fine tune those regulations trying to figure out what works, and what doesn't work.

It is necessary as a signal to all the parties and to the people of South Sudan that the international community, the United States, we find this conflict utterly beyond the pale morally.

The fact that we would even discuss any more peacekeepers in that scenario where we are not also stopping them from procuring weapons seems completely disconnected.

I do think an arms embargo is necessary, can be effective. It is long, long, long, long overdue.

The current leadership needs to be held accountable, because it is impossible for me to believe this type of conduct is taking place without the President or Vice President fully complicitous in these operations.

Imposing sanctions may very well be needed, including arms embargoes and governance issues.

We will not abandon the people of South Sudan. They are in critical need, and they need the international community.

There are almost 200,000 civilians in the six U.N. peacekeeping bases and many of them would not be alive today if not for the U.N.'s presence.

Those responsible for those horrendous crimes must be punished.

The government has now moved from being a partner to a predator.

The U.N. mission should have taken more action to protect civilians during the fighting last July.

Would you send them back? Would you put them back into harm's way, incarcerated in Iran?

Today is about headlines, not headway.

I hope you understand this is a political game to try once again to, number one, trash the Obama Administration; number two, trash the Iran nuclear deal.

There have been settlements that inured to the benefit of Americans totaling about $2.5 billion.

If this was a separate deal, cash-for-Americans, I would be agreeing with my colleagues on the other side. Ransom is unacceptable.

I don't trust them either. And actually, it sounds like my friends on the other side trust them more than I do.

Very clear question. Forget the hostages.

I think the judgment--the questioning of judgment on any settlement is a fair question.

This is how we really make the system work for everybody and meet our environmental objectives.

Are you doing that, or are you just kind of going full steam ahead?