Eliot Engel

I am not opposed to placing restrictions on...

I am willing to sit down and come up with compromises to do what we want to do.

I think that hiding things from Congress is not acceptable.

I think we can do that.

We have worked very hard, all of us, in the 4 years to make sure that there is consensus in this committee.

The bill has one major aim: Stop payments from going to Iran in cash, physical bank notes.

How do we ensure that Congress learns about when this is going to happen before it happens?

I view Iran as a threat to global security. I opposed the nuclear deal.

I think everyone on this committee knows that.

I am pleased to hear that CMS is drawing upon lessons learned to reach Americans who remain uninsured.

I now yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Deutch), an author of this resolution and a very valued member of the Foreign Affairs Committee.

I want to first congratulate my colleague from south Florida for her outstanding statement and her outstanding work. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Deutch), a valued member of the Foreign Affairs…

In closing, let me say that greater stability and security across the Asia Pacific needs to be a top priority for the United States. Our interests in the alliances in that part of the world are only growing more and more important with…

I will close now if there are no speakers on the other side. If there is a speaker, then I reserve the balance of my time.

The chairman and I have tried to conduct this committee as the most bipartisan committee in the Congress because we believe that foreign policy is bipartisan and differences need to stop at the water's edge.

We are very anxious. Many of us feel that more and more things are slipping away from what Congress is supposed to do and we don't like it and don't think it is good for the country.

I think the problem that we are discussing today is one more reason that the House needs to finish its work on the bill.

It has been 15 years since Congress sent a State Department authorization to the President.

The NSC staff itself should not be carrying out the policy. That responsibility rests with the cabinet agencies.

The President should have full faith with the National Security Advisor as a trusted confident.

It has been nearly 70 years since the National Security Act created the National Security Council.

And I want to thank Dr. Morrison for being the most eloquent speaker on this that I have heard.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

My bill, H.R. 3119, aims to remedy these issues.

I would also like to thank Representative Engel, a fellow New Yorker, for his continued leadership.