the immigrant story is the American story, and it is a story that has fueled entrepreneurship in this country for centuries.

immigration and entrepreneurship have long stood together as pillars of the American dream.

we cannot forget that immigration and entrepreneurship have long stood together as pillars of the American dream.

Madam Speaker, as States like Alabama move forward implementing medieval laws that seek to imprison doctors and punish women for their personal healthcare decisions, I want to make one thing absolutely clear: I will always stand up and…

I am pleased to be an original sponsor of the LIFT America Act, which does include $2 billion to modernize hospitals, and it marks an important first step, but considerably more funding obviously is necessary to address the dire state of…

I am pleased to see that the LIFT America Act will make robust investments in this area.

Child marriage is a violation of human rights and a form of violence against women.

I would strongly encourage this committee to bring that bill up for markup.

I am a strong supporter of continuing U.S. assistance to the Northern Triangle.

Girls and women deserve to be educated, to be economically independent, to be the deciders of their own fates.

I have seen firsthand in my trips to the region that our programs have been effective in reducing violence and poverty in Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala.

Turkey's President Erdogan has made no secret of his desire to expand Turkish control over a section of northern Syria.

When the President mentioned that we were going to get out of Syria, which was a huge mistake and I hope they are walking it back a bit, one of the reasons that I think it is a terrible mistake is because we have had the Kurds fighting…

America is important in the world. People look up to us.

It is just really, really important that we look out for the well-being of the Kurdish people in that region.

It would just be the wrong thing to do morally. It would be the wrong thing to do in so many ways.

I view the crisis in Syria as one of the greatest tragedies of our time.

I remain particularly baffled by the precipitous withdrawal that President Trump announced late last year.