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(Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

I want to commend my good friend, the chairwoman of our Foreign Affairs Committee, as well as our ranking member, Mr. Berman, for bringing this legislation. And I am in full support, and I do associate myself with the comments and the…

I could not help but listen with tremendous interest, and also to commend my good friend from Oklahoma, who also is the cochairman of our Native American Congressional Caucus. I fully associate myself with the eloquent remarks that he has…

I just want to thank both of our colleagues for their most eloquent statements, Mr. Cooper and Mr. Broun.

Why do we have to import $9 billion to $10 billion worth of fish from foreign countries? Why? Because we don't produce enough fish domestically.

I think all our commercial fishing industry is asking for, as Mr. Markey had alluded to earlier, a seat on the table, or else you are going to be on the menu.

This policy, the National Ocean Policy, was developed... from President George W. Bush

We need more doctors here in the Congress, because your great mission in this life is to heal

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for calling this important hearing. I think it is most appropriate. But this issue did not just come about yesterday. This issue has been around for years.

All I can say is the Vietnam I fought against is not the Vietnam I know today.

Long after the Vietnam War, the United States is now about the business of coordinating a multi country diplomatic pushback against Chinese encroachment.

He is an expert who left his mark, and he was also, you know, on his other committee a great staunch believer in affordable education.

He was a very hard working person, worked tenaciously for peace and reconciliation, especially on Sudan.

Put another way, Madam Chair, this bill is not in the best interest of the United States or the Vietnamese American community.

The United States cannot assume the moral high ground when it comes to Vietnam.

If we are going to put this standard on Vietnam, let's do it on Saudi Arabia, and look at all these other countries that are non democratic.

The conversations with the Department of State, they share my concerns that the measures of this bill could adversely affect our security relationship with Vietnam.

H.R. 1410 is shortsighted in its approach, as contrary to the efforts of the Clinton and the Bush and the Obama administrations.