Well, how can the Department put forward a regulatory proposal without understanding the financial impact and how can the Congress and the public be expected to evaluate its wisdom without such information?
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I think in my written testimony, I noted that, for example, Daniel Ortega has acknowledged that he gets about $500 million a year from Venezuela...
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We have to stabilize the operating environment.
I would just, again, urge my colleagues to support this amendment. I understand the point raised by my colleague, and I think there are some valid points that ought to be discussed; but I think the bottom line here is the folks who are…
I don't have any further speakers, and I am prepared to close. How much time is remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from North Carolina has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.
I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title) insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…
Our efforts have not reduced the group's terrorism capability and global reach.
ISIL'S global battlefield now includes the United States and we cannot stand idly by. We must take the fight to them.
Our recommendations to our Government are as follows: Try to enter into an agreement with the Government of Sudan.
If there is a little ember still alive, how do we work to see if we can fan that into a flame?
Religious freedom in Sudan remains--the conditions for religious freedom remain poor.
My heart breaks for the people of Sudan. Those people have suffered for so long and so intensely.
I have sensed some of that from government officials and from those who talk on their behalf.
It is important for us as we preserve those liberties.
I tremble for my country when I consider that God is just, that his justice will not sleep forever.