Since then, the inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security issued a report at the request of Connecticut lawmakers, including our distinguished colleague Congressman Joe Courtney, who has joined us today.

Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from California will be postponed. Amendment No. 100 Offered by Mr. Grijalva The…

Mr. Chairman, also to my colleague with whom I have enjoyed serving and with whom we share a particular affinity for a certain portion of a coastline along my district which I know he and I both appreciate, I want to close by reiterating…

The need for American leadership to end this crisis has never been greater.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. In the summer of 2013, we passed a very tough sanctions bill against Iran. The chairman and I worked on it together very closely, and we passed it unanimously out of the Foreign Affairs…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this bill, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, by now, everyone knows that I opposed the Iran nuclear deal. But as I have said again and again and again, now that the deal is…

This bill would impose new sanctions on any parties that continue to do business with the Assad regime.

And we want to make sure that we can have, I don't want to say an influence, but we want to, you know, promote the people with the ideals, the same values that we have and help them succeed in that without being meddling into their…

When we have nation states that close to us with like cultures, you know, we value the same things, our family values, things like that, that close to us, and we take the eye off of that we start losing our competitiveness and we have seen…

I just think there are better partners that we can have and I think that would come from the good ol' U.S. of A.

Madam Speaker, I thank my friend from Massachusetts. I think he just put it correctly. These are difficult choices. They are moral choices. They are choices from the heart and choices from the gut. But I do think that a woman who is in…

Representative Engel has long called for the establishment of a diplomatic presence in the countries of the Eastern Caribbean.

We need to send a message to the people of Ukraine that we stand with them and to Putin that his aggression and bullying won't go unanswered.

Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentlewoman from Maine, the ranking member, and the chairman of the subcommittee for their kindness and their support of the Jackson Lee amendments. Let me indicate that in the sum total of my amendments…

It is harder to hate up close, and it is easier to be strong up close.

Madam Speaker, ever since the Sandy Hook shooting, Republicans have told us that the silver bullet solution to a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. After the Pulse nightclub massacre, Donald Trump said it would have been a…

The polls that we are seeing now are showing that our country is more divided than it has been in decades.

Why have a law if you don't use it? And it is getting to the point where people do not trust our immigration system or trust our government to protect them.