Eliot Engel

In fact, Maliki must go and the sooner the better.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act…

It was sanctions that brought Iran to the negotiating table.

Iran remains the most active state sponsor of terrorism in the world and Iran is a key driver of regional instability.

The patient community brings an important perspective and understanding to this process, and I am interested to see how we can best use that knowledge to assist medical researchers with therapy developments.

I am encouraged by the advances we have made into the causes and mechanisms of these diseases, as well as our progress toward treatments, but, obviously, we still have a long way to go.

I have worked to be a voice with those with rare and orphan diseases.

If we insist on a no enrichment requirement, there are two consequences: We don't have good visibility into a country's nuclear program and our nuclear companies lose market share and become less viable commercially.

In a perfect world, I would want all of our nuclear cooperation agreements to include the gold standard, but in practice, such a policy would isolate the U.S. and give a clear advantage to our competitors.

Given the Vietnam deal is hardly urgent, it would be best to have the executive withdraw it until this is fixed.

I would urge the committee to reconsider that 2011 bill by marking up identical Ros-Lehtinen/Brad Sherman legislation, H.R. 3766.

This important effort will result in fewer resources falling into the hands of terrorists.

The Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Act is a leap forward in combating the threat of global terrorism financing.

A special thank you to my good friend, Mark Meadows, who, with me, initiated this bill.

We can and must do more to stem the global financing of these activities.

Through sanctions, we hope to cut off Hezbollah's lifeline and prevent future terrorist attacks.

This legislation goes after financial institutions that knowingly support Hezbollah.

Hezbollah has continued to terrorize the globe, reaching into Latin America, Europe, Asia, and across the Middle East.

We are mandating a report. We are not taking any punitive actions against Turkey.

I have to respectfully disagree and oppose his substitute.

When Turkey's commitment to those values is called into question, it damages our partnership and it hampers Turkey's progress as a free and prosperous country.

Let me take a moment to express my concern about recent disturbing anti-democratic trends in Turkey.

I want to acknowledge two visitors here today who are in the audience.

Clearly, more needs to be done.

I commend you for introducing this important legislation, and I am pleased to be the lead Democratic cosponsor.