Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And I do appreciate your leadership and especially for calling this hearing this afternoon.

It seems to me, in my opinion, they are not really up to the same capacity in terms of the advancements that we have made.

We are in a dilemma here, and maybe I am not on the right track, and somewhat of an irony here that we are concerned about our national security.

I think it is important for us to continue to carry the mantle of freedom.

there is nothing illegal in what the President in this administration has done

There is a trade-off between privacy and security. And what I worry is that we will overreact to Snowden's foolish revelations.

I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on H.R. 5 and to support the substitute to this bill, offered by my colleague, the Gentleman from California, Congressman George Miller. We can all agree, Mr. Speaker, that the Elementary and Secondary…

In 1995, former Washington Bullets owner Abe Pollin announced that he would be changing the name of the Washington Bullets to the Washington Wizards. The change did not happen overnight, nor was everyone happy about it. But Mr. Pollin knew…

It's time that the National Football League and the NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell face the reality that the continued use of the word ``redskin'' is unacceptable. It is a racist, derogatory term and patently offensive to Native Americans…

Ho Chi Minh took nothing. He died a simple man, and yet, boy, how we demonized this nationalist leader among the Vietnamese people.

I think there has been some question too about the wealthier Members of Congress. How do they get so wealthy since becoming members of this great institution?

Just yesterday on the cover page of The Washington Post newspaper, there was an article written by journalists Jon Cohen and Rick Maese that, according to a recent poll taken among the sports fans of the Washington, D.C. area: A large…

I want to associate myself and certainly commend the gentlelady from Florida for her most eloquent statement and historical outline of what has happened in terms of our special relationship with the people and the leaders of Taiwan. And…

I thank the gentleman from Utah and the gentleman from the Northern Mariana Islands for their management of this important legislation. I certainly want to pay a special tribute to my good friend, the gentleman from Alaska (Mr. Young), for…

This is getting to be an island occasion or something. But at any rate, I do thank the gentleman from Utah and the gentleman from the Northern Marianas for allowing me to comment on this proposed legislation. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in…

I just want to say, Mr. Chairman, that I recognize with utmost respect our colleague from New Jersey, with whom we have worked so well and who is a great advocate and defender of human rights.

How do you determine human rights, in terms of the rendition operations that we carried out during the Iraq war?

My question, Mr. Chairman: Why aren't we helping Vietnam? Why are we doing everything we can to push Vietnam away?