We actually had to have a hearing here in 1987 when the Federal Communications Commission was actually considering a proposal that would hav...
History reminds us that we never have the right to turn our backs on the values that define us.
I think it was very eloquently said.
We were very happy to see the outcome of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue in May of this year.
This is a multimillion dollar criminal enterprise. The ivory trade stretches from the African savannah to the Asian marketplace.
Poaching is not just a security threat for Africa. It is also a menace to developing economies.
I am deeply grateful for this response from the highest political levels in the United States of America, and I am honored to appear before ...
I believe very strongly that one of the responsibilities of our committee is and always has been to make sure that issues deserving attentio...
It should not be elephants, rhino, and tigers that are behind bars. It should be the poachers and the smugglers who are behind bars.
We need to up the ante politically as well.
We need to take further coordinating efforts both internationally, regionally, and at the national level.
How shockingly destructive and historically shameful it would be if we did nothing while a great species was criminally slaughtered into ext...
It is just a matter of time before we awaken to poaching's consequences, and if we do not act now, then the time will come too late.
Yes. The Law of the Sea Convention provides an internationally recognized legal framework to support our freedom of navigation and overfligh...
The Law of the Sea already forms the basis of maritime law regardless of whether the United States is a party.
The Convention is an important component of a rules-based approach that encourages peaceful resolution of these maritime disputes.
I believe it is important to our ability to reduce our reliance on customary international law.
I am fully confident that our accession to the Convention will advance U.S. national security interests in the Pacific Command area of respo...
