Gary Ackerman: “I rise today to bring to the attention of the House an event which I think is unwise and unprecedented”

Today the Middle East is a very different region than the one I first encountered as a new Member of Congress in 1983.

I still find it intriguing that people who are such really brilliant thinkers will sometimes reach conclusions that one might legitimately disagree with.

We should be working together and not at cross purposes.

We need two viable political parties in this country to make our democracy work.