we raised the use of torture.

I will say that the Iranian people felt that then what? Zero from that administration at the time.

Religious believers of every persuasion are harassed, arrested, jailed, or tortured.

I urge the Department to do more to hold the Taliban accountable for its gross violations of human rights, including religious freedom.

I, too, have spoken at the Srebrenica remembrance, and I went with the president of Bosnia 20 years ago and what a moving experience.

any time you think facts warrant it, you can designate a country to be CPC.

We have to do more, but the administration has to do more, as well. I mean, a genocide in 2023 against Muslims.

It is very discouraging because, you know, forced conversions, all the things that they have done against the churches.

Many Africans I met with are deeply disturbed by what they understood to be threats to humanitarian assistance.

That was a genocide committed by the Bosnian Serbs.

Religious liberty, as we all know, is one of America's founding ideals, a cornerstone of our democracy.

So, I hope, again, the message to the administration is: just go where the facts take you and, with regards to Nigeria, it is to be a CPC.

Time and again, violators of religious freedom are given a pass in the Department's country of some particular concern.

I wrote the language into the bill that you have a right to believe or not to believe.

I hope we get permission.

We call for the unconditional and immediate release of Bishop Alvarez, and he has been unjustly sentenced to more than 26 years.

In May of this year, I reintroduced the Vietnam Human Rights Act, which parenthetically passed the House four times in the past, only to die in the Senate.

I mean, this man is an incredibly brave man of God, and he is being persecuted horribly.