I think we do have a role in Libya, and I think this hearing is an important indication by the Congress that we do expect a role to be played.

we saw where Russia intervened in Syria and the damage it caused by Mr. Putin's engagement in Syria.

legitimacy cannot be imposed; it must be earned.

So Russia seems to be siding up with General Haftar.

I think a high visibility signal about our diplomatic engagement, about our support for the government...

Libyans have not asked us to fight their battles for them; the least we can do is support their dreams.

we see where they are actively engaged in supporting this General Haftar, who has been extremely difficult in recognizing a civilian government.

So if the United States were to withdraw interest in Libya, would that give a greater opening for Russia?

So he should come with a specific game plan.

If the head of the Presidency Council, Mr. Sarraj, actually comes to Washington, if that were to take place as there are some rumors...

Madam President, I support the nomination of George Sonny Perdue to be the next Secretary of Agriculture. While I have reservations about some of his record and views, particularly about climate change, Governor Perdue has expressed the…

He was supposed to get permission and he was supposed to report it and he didn't, period.

there is absolutely no way the Egyptian people bargained for the kind of repressive regime that they have today, 60,000 political prisoners, journalists being locked up.

On April 12th, 2017, then-Oversight Committee chairman Jason Chaffetz and the ranking member, myself, wrote to President Trump asking him to nominate qualified, independent, individuals to fill these open spots.

Mr. President, I rise today to ask my Senate colleagues to join me in designating April 2017 as National Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Awareness Month. Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, also known as CDH, is a birth defect that occurs…

Mr. Speaker, the gassing of civilians is an atrocity, a human rights violation, and a war crime. Assad's chemical gassing of his own people took place just a few days after the White House said that it would be silly to try to dislodge…

Mr. Speaker, I thank Congresswoman Jayapal for that excellent discussion of the pro-choice question and other jurisprudence. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the distinguished gentlewoman from Illinois (Ms. Schakowsky).

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman so much for convening this superb discussion of Jeannette Rankin and a century of women in Congress. She, of course, was part of the great generation of suffragettes who transformed America by winning…