I think that would be the answer.

We think that is a useful innovation in the legislation.

It is not simply money that flows into a country. It is what it goes to and what it is that it funds.

Do you believe that cutting off programs that support economic development and the rule of law reform is in the national security interests of the United States?

That is the most unresponsive set of answers that I have had from someone before this committee.

Well, then if you believe that, cutting off aid to them would not be a good thing.

Do you believe that cutting off aid to countries in the Northern Triangle would ultimately benefit the United States?

So, in other words, I would take that answer to suggest that you did not get the monies that were appropriated by Congress in a timely fashion that would have allowed you to pursue the specific missions that Congress intended you to pursue…

The American people overwhelmingly, poll after poll after poll, want comprehensive immigration reform.

He created the crisis. He could end the crisis.

You have a president who has given tax breaks to billionaires, who wants to cut programs that working people desperately need and he thinks as authoritarian types all over Europe believe, that if you foment anger against immigrants and…

The idea of tearing little children from the arms of their parents, putting them into detention cages, and then making a big deal about an executive order which may do absolutely nothing for these 2,300 children is literally beyond belief.

Mr. Speaker, the images we are seeing of children crying alone, calling out for their mothers and fathers, is absolutely heart- wrenching. Right now, innocent children are being detained at our border, and they are going through…

We should enforce title IV and title III of the Libertad Act and send a warning to even American businesses that those that are trafficking in confiscated property face accountability if the President decides at any time, which he could…

Mr. Speaker, due to inclement weather on June 19, 2018, my flight into Washington, DC, was delayed and caused my absence during the vote series that began at 6:30 p.m. Had I been present, I would have voted ``Yea'' on rollcall No. 269…

I have introduced legislation with my colleague, Ben Cardin of Maryland, that would prohibit U.S. entities from responding to requests from the UN Human Rights Council or other international governmental organizations designed to blacklist…

you just cannot give up, and if there are ways where we in the Congress can be helpful to try to push forward with good policy

So we need to bring an indictment against Raul Castro, and I hope they do that very quickly.