Eliot Engel

I inquire as to how much time I have remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Byrne). The gentleman from New York has 14\1/2\ minutes remaining.

Thank you again, Mr. Chairman. I want to also, as you just did, thank Mr. Chris Smith for offering the End Neglected Tropical Diseases Act.

As one of the original sponsors of the Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Act, we aimed to cut off Iran's terror proxy from the international financial system.

Let's devote the necessary resources to sanctioning individuals and entities who support terrorism and violate human rights.

This bill, unfortunately, doesn't give us the tools to do that.

If the U.N. Security Council fails to punish Iran for its violations, the United States must act.

I opposed the nuclear deal, and, in doing so, I laid out my express concern that sanctions relief would only further Iran's unyielding support for terrorism and its regional belligerence.

We have to hold Iran's feet to the fire.

I would rather put our heads together, as we have done so many times in the past 3 years, to work together to have a bipartisan bill that achieves what we all want on both sides of the aisle.

I believe it doesn't serve any purpose to have bills like this that are designed to kill the deal.

But Congress had an opportunity to vote on the deal, and we lost.

This bill is an exception, I think, to bipartisanship, in that no Democrats were consulted in terms of the drafting of the bill.

I just don't believe this is the way to go about doing it.

I am happy to support our first measure today, Mr. Zeldin's bill, the Counterterrorism Screening and Assistance Act.

As I have said many, many times, I am so proud of this committee and its members on both sides of the aisle.

I have used that phrase many, many times. And, as you know, Mr. Chairman, I profoundly value our personal friendship and our excellent working relationship.

Every day ISIS is working to bring new fighters into its ranks, recruiting candidates from South Asia, from France, the U.K., and right here in the United States. ISIS is able to cast such a wide net because they are taking full advantage…

I think you are the right man for the job.

So the United States has to get tougher with Pakistan, and we have to call them out on this double game that they have been playing.

Pakistan--let's be truthful about this--plays a double game. They are our military partner, but they are the protector and the patron of our enemies.

When you really look at the cold, hard facts, Pakistan is not an ally to the United States.

I thought we were debating Mr. Poe's and Mr. Connolly's bill. I didn't realize that climate change was on the agenda. Let me say that today, Secretary Kerry met with a bunch of businesspeople and led a meeting, and they talked about…

I will continue talking about this issue and pushing for robust investment in TB research and treatment.

So while we have made real progress fighting tuberculosis, we need to stay focused and finish the job.

But the reality, however, is that TB has become the number one infectious killer worldwide.