Chris Smith actually said...

"Ending these overnight, ending these immediately would cause a humanitarian catastrophe far greater than what we've already seen."

"the bill under consideration today puts politics first and does not do the hard work of addressing the extremely complicated nature of the problem at hand."

"We need to do it. This amendment makes clear we want humanitarian aid to flow to those people in Gaza who are suffering."

"We need a special envoy to really take this issue and focus on it, bring all the disparate elements together."