Gerry Connolly

May I inquire how much time we have remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Ohio has 2 minutes remaining.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division A (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. ___. None of the funds made…

I thank my good friend for her thoughtful amendment. This amendment would significantly improve an already bad bill by exempting the independent agencies, who should not be brought under the penumbra of this bill at all. It will absolutely…

Building a wall is not going to solve the problem. Separating children inhumanely from their parents is not going to solve this problem.

We have to step up our efforts to try to get to the root causes. And we need immigration reform that the Congress is responsible for.

To me, that is just dumb, all right? That is really dumb.

Nobody has interfered, historically, in American elections with the breadth and scope of Russia.

By defunding or freezing funding for UNRWA is not going to add anything in terms of stability in the Middle East and it is not a friendly act to Israel.

I am trying to raise--I am trying to be realistic.

I think Iran complicates the problem.

We have the recognition of their nuclear status de facto by having the summit by the United States.

We Democrats reserve our right, the right you exercised for 8 years, to criticise this President and we are going to do it carefully but with some zeal.

I think we are having an intellectually honest conversation about something that's terribly important.

What we do know for sure is we are going to need our alliances.

This was a bilateral decision between North Korea and the U.S., proposed by China and Russia, with no consultation with our closest allies.

I think Congress has an important role in pushing the administration not only to maintain sanctions but to actively implement them.

I believe that's a standard that will not be met. I believe that we have approached this in a naive way in which Kim Jong-un has gotten all the benefits and we have gotten nothing.

If the chair would allow the other two witnesses to answer and then I yield back my time.

If we pull the plug because of budget fears or actual budget cuts, what happens to them?

Is this freeze and is this long timeline unwittingly harmful to our ally Israel?

Well, I am sure that will bring great comfort to the human suffering in the Gaza.

I think the United States absolutely should assist in burden sharing. It shouldn't just be disproportionately our burden.

We can't just decide: Because of your political structure, you are going to suffer, and we don't care.

American generosity has overlooked that time and time again in the Post-World War II era, including, I might add, with North Korea.

There is absolutely no challenge from the administration to the gravity of the humanitarian suffering in Gaza.