Mr. Speaker, I rise today to bring awareness to the plight of Iranian American Saeed Abedini, a 34-year-old Christian pastor who was unlawfully arrested by the Islamic Republic of Iran for refusing to renounce his Christian faith. Saeed…

Mr. Speaker, on Thursday, at 1 p.m., Congressman Ted Deutch and I will convene a subcommittee hearing on the dangers of a nuclear deal with Iran, the dangers that this could pose for the United States and global security interests. Retired…

Unfortunately, the Obama administration continues to incentivize the mass exodus of citizens from those countries by changing immigration policy by decree.

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the gentleman from Idaho (Mr. Labrador) for yielding, and I thank the gentleman from Minnesota for his kind remarks about my ads, which I know there weren't many positive ads in the Duluth market, but I did…

I think there is a desire within this institution to figure out how we get immigration reform done.

Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 520, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.''

So if you are someone who is here in the United States and not going to be removed because of executive action, that is good for another 2 years, and they have made this list so they can basically engage in chain migration, bringing family…

So a quick question on DACA. This was executive action from the President. Right? Is that correct?

Using this crisis to attempt to create favor for sheer political gain is wrong.

The U.S. taxpayer is very generous and wants to help the people of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras find a path to peace and prosperity in their respective countries.

That seems a little more doable than the Ethiopian people who mainly live in poverty.

Who is financing those?

That is unacceptable as an alternative.

The Egyptian Government right now is pivotal to peace in that region and for us to--the people have to know that the United States--the people of the United States are on their side.

I thought the behavior of our Government in that whole episode was disgraceful and has undermined our ability to be--to arbitrate other disputes.

the United States is watching Ethiopia's activities and decisions on this dam project. We are watching very closely.

Well said, because the incentive now is for some big companies to make a lot of money building these huge projects.

the Ethiopian Government better understand that or there will be major retaliation from this Congress on Ethiopia for that type of hostile act toward the people of Egypt.