Steve Israel: “the reality is out there that we all need to guard against this authoritarian effort, that is yes, born out of the…”

When you have to distract people from that one glaring weakness that you have in your administration, a weakness, by the way, that will lose swing voters and maybe part of his base, you've got to force the conversation to your sweet spot.

I am disappointed that the increases proposed in fiscal year 2016 for Indian Health Service and many other agencies are not offset by responsible cuts to lower-priority spending elsewhere.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Administrator McCarthy, I want to talk to you about the Long Island Sound, something that is not just important to me as a Representative from Long Island, but important to the entire nation.

It's time for the adults to manage.