Gregory Meeks: “The United States is an integral part of the Pacific Island region, and we have a responsibility to remain engaged.”

It is unacceptable that, a week after the strike, Members of the Foreign Affairs Committee have yet to be briefed by the administration on this use of force despite the Committee’s clear jurisdiction.

Maybe the gentleman from the National Security Subcommittee can tell me, since the chairman can't, why the President of the United States pardoned a narcoterrorist and the former President of Honduras. Maybe he can tell me why. I am trying…

There is no evidence that the people being killed are an imminent threat to the United States of America.

May their freedom mark a process of healing for them and their families, and the beginning of a durable peace for both Israelis and Palestinians.