"The Palestinian leadership seems to be dead set on pursuing a path of unilateralism before the U.N. Security Council."
"Under the current economic conditions, it simply cannot be."
"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?'"
"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."
"Take a far harder line on PLO and PA corruption."
"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."
"Generally cutting off the PA is a very difficult thing to do."
"A fundamental disconnect has formed between our aid policy and our policy objectives."
"The possibility, however, of an Iranian-Venezuelan alliance is particularly concerning."
"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."