Eliot Engel

We learned that the President upended that arrangement and we learned that the peace deal, evidently, is dead.

We all want peace. We all want the fighting in Afghanistan to end.

For months we have been attempting to get some visibility into the ongoing peace negotiations without success.

Members on both sides need the chance to ask questions and offer views.

The peace deal, evidently, is dead.

If we do not do anything about it, it will certainly imperil future generations.

Climate change is certainly something that is so important, and the aggravating thing about it is that there are so many who still deny it.

I have high hopes that we will pass the bill and pass it on the floor and hopefully get it passed in the other body and have the President sign it into law.

I am sponsoring the Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act with my friend, Congressman Steve Stivers.

I urge Members on both sides of the aisle to support this commonsense, bipartisan legislation.

Thank you for holding this very, very important hearing.

I thank the gentleman from Texas (Mr. McCaul) for his kind words and his hard work. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Virginia (Ms. Spanberger), a valued member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

I am glad we are considering measures today to strengthen Israel's security and help advance the United States-Israel relationship.

I would hope, Mr. Chairman, you would take me up on this offer.

If you remember, Secretary Kerry gave a speech. It was about 90 minutes or so long and he was lecturing Israel on everything in his mind that he believed that they were doing wrong.

We need to do far, far more.

If you meddle with an American election from overseas, there are going to be consequences.

I am grateful to Mr. Lowenthal for his introduction of H.R. 326, which reaffirms the longstanding bipartisan commitment to achieving a two-State solution.

I urge both countries to find a way forward which restores their ability to cooperate with each other and with us.

The ability to arrive at a two-State solution still seems to be very, very difficult.

The challenges... with regards to Israel and the West Bank, the Palestinians, have been vexing issues for decades.

It is critical that our three nations are able to work together. We have too many urgent national security concerns not to do so.

This legislation cultivates the relationship between the United States and Israel.

I am pleased to support all of these measures before us today and I thank our members on both sides of the aisle for their hard work.

The most important danger for Israel that can come in this country is making support for it partisan.