Mike McCaul

I look forward to working on a bipartisan basis to pass this bill into law before October and find ways to hold the Iranian regime accountable for its malign behavior.

So that's why I'm pleased our European partners have decided to impose unilateral sanctions on Iran's drone and ballistic missile programs, and we must follow suit.

We cannot have 535 Secretaries of State in a negotiation room.

This bill would help stop them while preserving American leadership and keeping our companies competitive.

The United States and our allies must work together to counter this threat.

I would like to thank my friend Congresswoman Young Kim of California for co-leading this important bill with me.

But I also think there are better, more urgent ways to repay our generous volunteers and do right by our Afghan allies.

It is the right thing to do. Congress must work in a bipartisan way to get it done.

What they do expect is that Congress will do more to clearly define the status of the Afghans who are already here so that they can build their lives with certainty.

I believe it could be a worthwhile exercise for the Department of State and the Department of Defense to examine whether it is feasible to reimburse individuals who contributed their personal funds to the critical evacuation efforts.

This is just a chance to make that right for the individuals.

It is vital that America and allied countries are in the room, at the table, and leading the charge to set the next generation technology standards.

This amendment would strike the language regarding other foreign entities from obtaining this exemption.

My amendment States that if this legislation is, indeed, found to illegally weaponize Federal authority that it is to be unconstitutional, that it should simply cease to take force.

I continue to believe that if we are going to effectively compete with China, we need to better harness, rather than restrict, American creativity and cultural influence.

Make no mistake: it would be incredibly counterproductive and harmful to our interests if we were to sharply limit American film production and distribution.

This amendment basically says it is OK to empower the propaganda of a country undermining the United States as long as it creates a few jobs.

We should have the courage to say we are going to impose tariffs on goods coming in from China until they treat our companies fairly and until that results in a change in the balance of payments.

The onus is on the U.S. Congress. The courage could come from the U.S. Congress.

Soft power does not work if we are pushing a lie about China's intentions.

The DoD gets it. The Pentagon's new rule is a great step forward, but we need to start codifying these protections in law.

AUKUS is critical and needs to be implemented to preserve regional stability and peace in the Indo-Pacific.

We need something new.

We should have always guaranteed that we get all the Americans out and, frankly, the Afghans who risked their lives.

America had a moral obligation in Afghanistan. And, thankfully, it was met.