Gregory Meeks

We agree that we are losing jobs.

When the stable genius became the President, this country... was gaining jobs.

This country, when President Obama was the President, was in deep debt and was losing hundreds of thousands of jobs a month.

I couldn't help but see the pain on Ambassador Kay Bailey Hutchison when she had to admit this was right up Putin's alley.

The problem is I think that the President of the United States doesn't understand diplomacy and the value of the State Department.

Deductions like that, will cause the working poor not to be able to move.

But, no--I think that, I look at my case, if my parents couldn't take in my brothers and sisters, I had a brother and two sisters.

What I am trying to get is a clear vision of where we are going because I still don't see, under the current proposals, how we get to there, those things that benefited me and my parents.

I am a product of public housing myself, lived in public housing until such time that I graduated law school with my parents.

I would hope that we look at that very, very, very closely.

I think that they could be some good into--availability into communities of color, et cetera.

I thank the chairman and the ranking member from California for their understanding. Mr. Chair, 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. Meeks). The…

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I have now likewise concerns in regards to what is taking place with the tariffs that the President is currently placing on there.

I think that was clear when we talked about the financial crisis that we had and the mortgages.

There have been some bad actions that have taken place that I don't think that anybody that has a reputable bank or credit union or financial institution, you want to get rid of the bad guys.

We've got to keep those guards up because there are nefarious reasons at times that these countries will trade with us.

I believe in a rules-based system. I believe that, you know, that it's important to have a WTO and enforce those rules.

That's one of the reasons why I was a huge supporter of TPP because it set some rules that we could still set, you know, with our allies, et cetera, that says these would be the trade rules in which we will continue to operate with, and I…

It looks like authoritarianism has been there in regard to Russia in the direction we are moving in.

Large investments from China are not necessarily new.

Nor did Hillary Clinton take a back seat about diplomatic security in this country.

I will take you at your word. You said no. I take you at your word.

I couldn't believe the tape when I saw it and you basically went after her about the QDDR report.

So where is the concern now on the side of this administration about Diplomatic Security?