I want to commend you for bringing this legislation before the subcommittee today.
Steve Chabot
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Steve Chabot is a Republican politician from Ohio who served multiple terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. His first term began in 1995 and he served until 2001, returning to Congress in 2003 and remaining until 2021. During his time in office, Chabot was known for his focus on fiscal responsibility and social security issues, often advocating for budgetary restraint and the importance of maintaining a balanced federal budget. He has been a vocal supporter of conservative economic policies and has emphasized the need to control government spending.
At this time I have no additional speakers, and I reserve the balance of my time.
But when you say that that doesn't depend on trust, that just strains credibility, I think, to say there is trust on both sides involved in this.
President Obama declared al-Qaeda to be 'decimated,' 'on the run,' 'broken apart,' 'on their heels,' 'very weak,' and those are all quotes, by the way.
This administration, the President specifically called ISIS, famously, the JV team. That clearly wasn't true.
This is I think just a terrible deal, and I hope that we look very closely at this.