Mr. Chairman, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Pocan), a champion of progressive causes.

Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Espaillat), another very valuable member of the Foreign Affairs Committee.

Mr. Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), our majority leader. (Mr. HOYER asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Levin), a new member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee who is already making his mark.

Mr. Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California (Mr. Bera), the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee's Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, a very valued member of the Foreign Affairs Committee.

Madam Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. This is an important moment for the House, Madam Chair. For years, under administrations of both parties, the Congress has handed away our authority and abrogated our responsibility…

Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and to insert extraneous material on H.J. Res. 37. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request…

Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Trone), another new member of the Foreign Affairs Committee.

That is always the position of the United States.

the entire thrust of American policy in Venezuela is to support the Venezuelan people's effort to restore democracy to their country.

I have never voted to keep the Government closed, and I never will, and the consequence be damned to me politically because it is more important that we do our jobs, and we abdicate our responsibility when we don't do that.

the more that we use shutdowns as a political tool, the more we are really flirting with disaster, and I have never voted for a shutdown.

To your knowledge, have the North Koreans resumed any nuclear enrichment activities or missile testing since the Vietnam summit?

compromise is not a dirty word, and at the heart of what causes shutdowns in my mind is an inability to compromise, political posturing and gamesmanship

It will be up to the EPA, not the Department of Defense, what is important for life, health, and safety for our men, women, and families who live on our bases.

The humanitarian crisis in Venezuela is simply heartbreaking.

Now some consider it a good sound bite to say that Venezuela represents the failure of socialism, but we should be honest that Venezuela is not a socialist country.

I would urge you to do so.