I thank my good friend, Mr. Polis, for his leadership on the Rules Committee. I respect the chairman of the Rules Committee, but I respectfully disagree. He has presided over a Rules Committee that has the most closed rules in the history…

I thank my friend from Michigan (Mr. Mitchell) and my good friend from North Carolina (Mr. Meadows) for their leadership. But I particularly want to thank my good friend from Maryland (Mr. Cummings). Mr. Cummings is not only a legislative…

I think Iran complicates the problem.

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

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.

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

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 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.

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

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 thank my friend from California for his leadership. I rise in support of the Veterans Treatment Court Improvement Act of 2018 requiring the Department of Veterans Affairs to hire 50 Veterans Justice Outreach specialists to support…

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

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

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

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

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

The humanitarian situation in Gaza has deteriorated. 'Dramatically' doesn't even begin to describe it. It is catastrophic.

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

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

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 138, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by $1,000,000)''…

I would conclude simply by thanking my friend from Florida for detailing that horror story. Unfortunately, these aren't isolated incidents. This is a pattern of shoddy care for our veterans at this center, and we need the IG to be doing…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 33, line 14, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $97,219,000)''. Page 34, line 3, after the…

I do have a list of projects totalling between $100 million and $190 million that could be funded with this $97 million. I would also just add, and then I will yield back, given the fact that the President ripped up the Iran nuclear…