Gary Ackerman: “Let us be clear. Sanctions have to hurt. If they don't hurt, they are not effective.”

I have always found that Members of Congress don't get enough credit for being as thoughtful as most of us have been.

To try to blame that on the administration is like me trying to blame President Bush for Pluto being thrown out of the list of planets.

We should be working together and not at cross purposes.

Israel must have the means to defend itself by itself.