Mike McCaul: “We should not politely support regimes that turn into dictatorships or also abuse human rights just because we have been…”

I think the speaker – the trick is getting it through the Rules Committee. And I believe that the speaker would not do that if he didn't have the votes.

I think he’s manipulating the president, as a KGB officer would.

our base back home will not reelect us to office if we vote no on this.

I think it was very much an act of belligerence on their part. And perhaps they don't care what -- what the American people think about that.