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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.
I just commend the chair on holding this hearing because these tough economic times, when 70 percent of the jobs created are created by small businesses, we need to find ways to relieve some of these burdensome regulations and requirements.
Thank you very much. And I especially thank you for being so specific about who those are that you believe should be sanctioned.
The Obama administration must realize that the U.S. can no longer do business with either of these regimes, they are both beyond salvation.
Unfortunately, despite these recent developments, my concerns about our policy remains. This administration, the Obama administration human rights policies toward Iran and Syria have been, in my opinion, both feeble and late.
Although it took far too much time and far too many dead bodies, the administration has finally come out and called for Bashar al-Asasad's departure from power.
We are the most generous donor. And what UNRWA does is perpetuate this refugee problem.
The first thing I would say is, give this a few weeks and wait and see what President Abbas... does.
Fayyad's integrity and competence has been essential in building the credibility of Palestinian institutions, which for a very long time were bottomless pits of corruption.
If the Palestinians continue on their current path, the question before this Congress will not be 'What portion of our aid will be cut?' but rather 'What, if any, portion will remain?'
Rejectionist elements within the Palestinian leadership still refuse to sit and negotiate in good faith.
The road to Palestinian statehood does not start in New York, and it is not the place of the United States, the United Nations, or any other country or institution to short circuit the requisite negotiations between the two parties.
The Palestinian leadership seems to be dead set on pursuing a path of unilateralism before the U.N. Security Council.
A fundamental disconnect has formed between our aid policy and our policy objectives.
I think many of us believe that we made really a terrible mistake becoming so dependent upon foreign oil.
The threat posed by Iran takes on a new and more ominous geostrategic significance when coupled with the potential of an Iran base of operations in our own hemisphere.
I think it is clear that Venezuela, and Chavez in particular, has been using American money, essentially, either to bribe or influence other nations in this hemisphere.
The last thing we need is for threats from bad actors even closer to the American homeland.
One of the most fundamental roles of government is to provide for the security of its citizens.
The possibility, however, of an Iranian-Venezuelan alliance is particularly concerning.
If you're going to do something this dramatic it ought to be done by the will of the people, by their elected representatives.
I think it's shameful, I think it's disgusting, I think it's despicable, I think it's outrageous.
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