American foreign policy should reflect and promote those core values, not only because it is the right thing to do but also because it serves our national interests.

The shame of this whole situation would be, in my opinion, if a Parliament which was last elected in 2009 and has really lost any kind of momentum or legitimacy ends up being a casualty of this.

Ultimately, that endangers the United States' security.

The hard truth is that, when the United States does not act as a forceful advocate for those principles and our interests abroad, we leave a vacuum.

Kim Jong-un and his regime are going to pursue nuclear-tipped ICBMs at all cost because they see it as the key to the preservation of the regime.

Iran has flouted the ballistic missile provisions of the U.N. Security Council Resolution 2231.

I support the JCPOA. Its goal was quite focused on one thing, pushing Iran back from the nuclear threshold as a nuclear threshold state.

I would propound that, actually, the existential threat to Israel is less on a nuclear basis today than it was when he gave that speech.

To denigrate this agreement as if it hadn't achieved something quite fundamental... is a disservice to the agreement.

We will damage the credibility of the United States that hosted this agreement.

Yes, sir. Our tax system is built on voluntary compliance.

Yes, sir. Because we don't have the resources to perform all the compliance reviews that we need to have.

The idea that there's no relationship... is an absurd proposition, and I don't think any sensible American will buy into it.

Yes, sir. I would say any reduction in resources... has had a material effect on the quality of services by the IRS.

The IRS has suffered severe and repeated budget cuts since 2010.

$450 billion of taxes owed, left on the table every year.

Less than 2 weeks ago, President Trump announced that he would not certify the Iran deal under the requirements of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act.

All signs leading up to the certification deadline pointed to decertification.

And therefore we have a right to protect ourselves from Boris and Natasha?

Do Boris and Natasha operating from the dacha in the outskirts of Moscow, trying to corrupt American democracy... do they have the unfettered First Amendment rights that anybody else does in the United States?

I find it a remarkable moment in our democracy when so many up here apparently can see and hear no evil when it comes to Russian interference with the American election process.

What could be more sacred than protecting everyone's franchise and the integrity of that process in a democracy?

I thank my friend, Darrell Issa, the cosponsor of this bill and the cosponsor of the original FITARA; and my good friend from Oklahoma (Mr. Russell) for his able management today. The Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act…

Reports of religious persecution and intolerance in Russia are not at all surprising, considering the impunity with which the Russian Government continues to conduct itself on the world stage.

I strongly believe that the State Department should accept the Commission's recommendation and add Russia to the designation list.