Eliot Engel

I now yield 4 minutes to my friend and colleague from the great State of New York, who is the lead Democratic sponsor of this bill, Mr. Higgins.

The people running the Iranian regime are not scared.

The problem, in part, is that that military and intelligence cooperation is secret and invisible while the political distancing... are very visible.

I think that the administration believes that is the end of the story.

I think it is very unfortunate because in the Middle East, that distance is perceived as a source of Israeli weakness.

I commend the Obama administration and the Secretary of State for making this choice.

I don't think playing political games is what we should do.

We ought never forget that the work of diplomacy has risks and that our Foreign Service officers... deserve our full support.

In 1972, Palestinian terrorists broke into the Israeli Olympic compound and murdered, in cold blood, 11 Israeli athletes. In the 40 years since, shamefully, the International Olympic Committee has refused to have a minute of silence to…

We didn't move as quickly in Central Asia as, perhaps, we should, but I think there are still many, many opportunities for us to cooperate with those countries.

I have served on this committee for a long time, and one of the things that I really love about this committee is... the bipartisan cooperation that we have had on this committee.

You could say that Central Asia is the crossroads of the world. It is obviously important.

I have toured it. I have been there with your predecessor, Dr. Macfarlane, and I am interested in meeting with you to discuss Indian Point in greater detail and perhaps tour with me and Congresswoman Lowey.

Neither of the county executives in both Westchester County, which I represent, and Rockland County, which I also represent, both county executives--one Republican, one Democratic--have refused to certify the evacuation plans for Indian…

Indian Point is located obviously by our Nation's largest metropolitan area. It has an operational history that has been plagued by irresponsible acts, unplanned shutdowns, lacking spent fuel pools, and inadequate emergency notification…

I thank the chairman, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York (Mr. Engel). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment No. 9 Offered by Mr. Mulvaney

Let me just say very, very briefly, on May 24, 2011, President Obama issued a memorandum on Federal fleet performance that requires all new light-duty vehicles in the Federal fleet to be alternate-fuel vehicles, such as hybrid, electric…

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…

I signed a letter in January asking Commissioner Hamburg to allow the remaining units of Primatene Mist to be sold past the December 31, 2011, deadline.

I think there is nothing wrong with physicians wanting to be adequately and fairly reimbursed.

The Affordable Care Act extended the solvency of Medicare, and I just find it very strange that we fought two wars on the credit.

We should stop fighting it and we should go with the flow. It will be better for the American consumer, and it will reduce a U.S. need for foreign oil.

I think the automobile industry is being quite ungrateful in terms of that they would have been gone if we didn't bail them out.

If you worked with us, we would work with you. We would modify our bill.

The cheapest way and most effective way to do this is to allow fuels to compete in every new vehicle sold in the U.S.