When we work together on this committee, on these issues of critical importance, the country is stronger and the country is safer.

I have been extremely vocal about the need to crack down on Iran's dangerous behavior.

The administration has intentionally left us--that is, this committee--they have intentionally left us in the dark.

I think we can. I think we should. I think that 80 to 90 percent of our concerns are identical.

There was no ransom payment, and this bill is an unfortunate attempt to play, in my opinion, politics with an issue.

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

That is what this Engel amendment will do. That is why I support it, and I urge my colleagues to do the same.

The notion that the United States delivered pallets of cash as ransom for the release of our citizens is simply false.

Our goal would be to do the same thing.

I also rise in support of this resolution. Let me, first of all, thank Mr. Lowenthal, a valued member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for his hard work on this measure; and let me just thank the chairman of the committee, as well, for…

I want to thank the sponsors of this resolution, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen and Mr. Deutch, for their hard work in crafting such a timely resolution. I thank, once again, Chairman Royce for working with me and the sponsors of this resolution to move…

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…

I thank my friend from Florida for yielding to me. I rise in support of his resolution. Let me start by thanking my colleague and friend from New York (Steve Israel) for his hard work on this measure. Mr. Speaker, on July 2, a light went…

I thank the chairman again, and thank Mr. Yoho for his hard work and commitment on this. Obviously, the handful of countries on the State Sponsors of Terrorism list are some of the worst actors in the world: Sudan, Syria, and Iran. We need…

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…

In closing, let me say that, if children around the world cannot get a basic education, it will obviously be that much harder for them to get ahead later on in life, to contribute to their economies and communities, to help build stability…

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.

It is clear that Vladimir Putin has no regard for his neighbor's sovereignty, and I think we should be doing more to push back against Russia's aggression. We also need to take every chance we get to make clear that his past bad behavior…

As I said before, the way the Internet has changed the world would have been hard to believe just a few decades ago. It would also have been hard to believe that we would be thinking of the Internet as a foreign policy priority, but we can…

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

I applaud my friend and colleague Congressman Danny Davis and other colleagues that have done likewise--from Chicago--for his longtime advocacy for SCD health programs and his reintroduction of H.R. 1807.

This bill, Mr. Chairman, is a clean reauthorization and would not increase government spending.

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

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