Eliot Engel

I am very happy to yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Illinois (Ms. Schakowsky).

I now yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Cicilline), a very valued member of the Foreign Affairs Committee.

It is my great honor now to yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Pelosi), our Democratic leader who has, I think, done more than anyone else to fight for these things from almost the time that she came to Congress.

It is my honor to yield 4 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lee), who has been so instrumental in fighting for this legislation and other AIDS legislation for so many years in the Congress.

I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 3509, the Assessing Progress in Haiti Act of 2013.

We support the right of Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia to exercise their sovereign right to deepen their economic and political ties with the European Union.

Helping Israel to maintain its qualitative military edge is critical to ensure our closest ally in the region has the resources necessary to protect itself from countries such Iran and others committed to its destruction.

The Philippines is a close friend and treaty ally of the United States, and we will continue our efforts to assist the Government and the people of the Philippines in the recovery.

We urge all nations to respect the right of these states to enter into beneficial partnerships of their choosing.

I strongly support H. Res. 147 which calls on Iran to release Saeed Abedini, an American citizen and Christian pastor.

To me, diseases like muscular dystrophy are why the accelerated approval pathway is so important.

I have always fought for those with rare and orphan diseases.

I believe that the good work done by this committee on the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act was likely the best healthcare-related legislating done by Congress last year.

Netanyahu has said that we shouldn't reach an interim deal with Iran where they only limit part of their nuclear program

I support the President's effort to engage Iran and believe we must continue to explore every diplomatic option to resolve this crisis.

He may be the most moderate of all the hardliners that were allowed to run, but he is no reformer.

This intense pressure brought Iran back to the negotiating table, and this pressure must be maintained.

The biggest threat so far, by far, is Iran's continuing effort to develop a nuclear weapons capability.

Iran remains the world's top state sponsor of terrorism, and continues to support Hezbollah.

The Iranian regime hasn't paused its nuclear program; why should we pause our sanctions efforts as the administration is pressuring Congress to do?

Iran is not agreeing to suspend all enrichment.

I think this is a conflict where there are bad actors on all sides.

I think the United States is not going to be prepared to act unilaterally, as it threatened to do in the Balkans.

The worst possible thing the international community could do in Syria is to deploy the International Criminal Court to go after war criminals in that country.

I think unlike in the Balkans in the 1990s when Members of Congress like yourself were providing leadership on the issue, it is very clear from the debate that we had 2 months ago here in Congress about whether to authorize the use of…