Eliot Engel

I remember being in North Korea many years ago as a North Korean high government official said to us: Saddam Hussein didn't have nuclear weapons, and look where he is now.

But as the danger escalates, we are seeing that U.S. sanctions are only one piece of the puzzle.

I consider sanctions to be an important tool for dealing with problematic actors on the global stage.

I have worked with her on the bill, and I am very pleased to work with her passing this piece of legislation.

I want to thank you for calling today's markup. This is a great example of what you and I have both tried to do.

I want to thank Representative Virginia Foxx and Ranking Member Engel for their leadership on 3851.

I want to thank Representatives Boyle and Fitzpatrick. They introduced H.R. 1997, the Ukraine Cybersecurity Cooperation Act.

I think it is now time for us to step up to the business community in the United States...

It's almost like no counterterrorism.

I am concerned about the imbalance between military and the non-military approaches to countering terrorism in sub-Saharan Africa.

You can't cut back, in my opinion, at the rate that the administration has announced it would like to and have an effective workforce.

I am very troubled by the redesign. I am worried that the redesign will be used as an excuse to cut back.

You cannot pick up a newspaper these days without seeing a headline about how Secretary Tillerson is hollowing out the State Department.

What I don't want to hear and I won't accept is that we can't afford it.

How does gutting vital efforts help us get at the root causes of this problem?

I am baffled that the administration wants to cut the budget for these agencies by a third.

Countering the terrorist groups in Africa is a clear foreign policy priority and it deserves this committee's attention.

It is now my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Frankel), my good friend and valued member of the Foreign Affairs Committee.

I was happy to work with Congresswoman McMorris Rodgers to include provisions on biomarker development qualification.

I feel that there should be formalized, straightforward ways to gauge the safety and efficacy of medical treatments.

I was pleased to support the passage and contribute to the 21st Century Cures Act.

I have long been a committed advocate for those suffering from rare diseases in their families.

I think progress in Saudi Arabia might even cause some worries for the Iranians domestically whose population wants something quite similar to that.

I think the new leadership in Saudi Arabia is realizing that is bad for them, it is bad for their own societies, and it is bad for the region.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding to me. Let me say, in conclusion, I hope that, in the years ahead, we can work to support our diplomatic and development efforts in the same way we support our national defense. After all, America's…