There can be no cease-fire with a terrorist organization while they are holding 200 hostages.

I must also note my concern that some of the messages sent in this bill risk undermining our key partners.

I am also deeply concerned by the notion that we would restrict the freedom of movement of the American people.

I nevertheless welcome the commitment of Representative Wilson and many other members on this committee on both sides of the aisle.

Let's vote for it. It says what I think we all agree, and that is, we must make sure that Iran does not have a nuclear weapon.

There is no moral equivalency here. Israel is the victim. Hamas is the terrorist organization that perpetrated the greatest slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust.

The stability and the prosperity of our partnership brings to the region convinced Arab nations to take the unprecedented steps of normalizing relations with Israel, a farsighted and courageous decision that is already unleashing pent-up…

I am working on a bipartisan basis on this piece of legislation.

I join my colleagues in stating that a nuclear Islamic Republic of Iran is unacceptable, and is a direct threat to the United States, Israel, and other allies.

a nuclear Islamic Republic of Iran is not acceptable

We believe firmly that it is congressional imperative for us to recapture that constitutional authority.