Democrats and Republicans love Israel and all of us care about the existential threat to Israel from Iran.

As the Ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, I have been briefed since 2003 on a highly classified NSA foreign collection program that targeted Al Qaeda. I believe the program is essential to US national security and that its disclosure has damaged critical intelligence capabilities.

There's no deep bench there, Mahmoud Abbas is, I think, the best leader of the Palestinians we could field.

We can no longer expect an Intelligence Community that is mostly male and mostly white to be able to monitor and infiltrate suspicious organizations or terrorist groups.

The point is to solve problems, not point fingers.

I think Democrats in Congress love Israel. Our relationship with Israel depends on a strong bipartisan relationship.

So, you know, I think that Democrats are being more successful in Congress and I'm really going to be proud of the role I will play tomorrow as ranking Democrat on the Intelligence Committee when this bill passes.