"I want to just take a moment to applaud your leadership on this issue and to say that I was at the same dinner and I was profoundly moved learning of your very long history in this area."
"I am particularly delighted to also recognize the new but equally passionate leadership of our ranking member of the Africa Subcommittee, Congresswoman Bass."
"I think our approach should be to craft a foreign policy that focuses on Sudan and South Sudan and promotes democratic values including respect for human rights."
"I believe we must ensure that U.N. peacekeepers in South Sudan who are working to protect people seeking refuge are provided with the resources they need."
"This funding shortage, I believe, continues to deny critical resources to the missions and it means top troop-contributing countries like Bangladesh and Ghana are not fully reimbursed for their servic..."
"Not only are President Obama's actions constitutional, they are needed steps to helping the American people"
"Regulations do not just restrict choices. They also keep people safe."
"But the notion of creating a new bureaucracy of unelected bureaucrats with no particular experience or expertise to make critical, often lifesaving determinations about issues ranging from safe chemic..."
"I am disappointed with the Majority's decision to hold funding hostage and I hope that we are not forced to go through yet another shutdown."
"I opposed the bill strongly at that time and I oppose it just as strongly today."
"The decision to add immigration riders to the DHS Appropriations bill...was reckless and dangerous."