I would like to first associate myself with the remarks of my colleague Congresswoman Frankel, that our support of Israel has always been a bipartisan approach; it is very longstanding in this committee and this Congress and this country.

I want to begin by thanking the gentleman for yielding and for his many years of extraordinary leadership on not only Make It In America, but on the urgency of rebuilding the infrastructure of our country. Tonight, I think the American…

In my judgment, in that speech, President Abbas signaled the end of his own personal participation in efforts to achieve the two-state solution.

I strongly support recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital and the immediate relocation of our Embassy there.

Calls to cut off all humanitarian assistance and security assistance to the Palestinians has a very real impact on the lives of Palestinians.

Jerusalem is and always will be the capital of Israel.

I think it highlights the fact that this administration has so far articulated no coherent policy for dealing with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

I fear that the current administration is playing fast and loose with diplomacy.

I think if some of them had been a little bit more broad in their thinking, a little bit more flexible, we could have got these reforms through much earlier.

the support for Israel has always been bipartisan. It is critical that it always remains bipartisan.

I am also particularly proud that in Rhode Island, we are helping to lead this effort.

I just want to point out that the President proposed and the Republicans passed a tax scam that rewarded the wealthiest people in this country and the biggest corporations. Eighty-three percent of that tax cut went to the top 1 percent. It…

the United States Government is the leading humanitarian power in the world, and has been since World War II.

There is currently no chance for an immediate breakthrough toward a peace agreement or even the resumption of negotiations.

There are instances where we need a large volume of food from the United States that we can inject into the system before the food economy collapses.

With all due respect, that is not my question.

the U.S. stands with Israel. That remains as true today as it was before.

None of this spending is 'stupid.'

Without proper access to food and nutrition, children cannot attend school, men and women cannot work, and families cannot feed their children.

It would be very useful to actually hear from administration officials and allow the world to hear in a very strong declarative statement...

I am at a loss. We are talking about the bedrock of American democracy, and the administration seems intent on signaling to Russia.

I think this needs to be a top priority.

Dictators don't work anymore in an era of information because people don't like to be oppressed.

I was glad to join Chairman Royce to introduce the Cyber Diplomacy Act.

I would ask that order be maintained in this committee that the integrity of these witnesses not be impugned.