This bill shows the importance of the U.S. sanctions as they exist, but it also points out the need for additional sanctions.

I really would like to speak to what I think are some of the positive benefits of this overall bill and really focus my points on the peacekeeping issue.

The announcement of the plot to assassinate the Ambassador from Saudi Arabia... illustrates the dangers that we live in.

China's one-child policy breeds a culture of forced abortions and involuntary sterilization.

$500 million is a lot of money, at least where I come from.

This is their money. This is not our money.

We have a responsibility to know how our money is being spent by organizations here and abroad.

I want to make sure that our hard-working Americans are having the dollars that they send to the Federal Government being spent prudently.

How do we best spend the hard-working American taxpayer dollars in this country and abroad?

The best defense is a good offense. For the Taiwanese, that means the F-16s, and we need to sell them to them and sell them to them immediately.

I support a free, secure, and independent Palestine state, but never--and I mean never--at the expense of a free, secure, and independent Israel.