We need to adapt our assistance to keep up with emerging technologies that can support democracy activists and human rights defenders.

The United States must better leverage our democracy assistance, international diplomacy, and sanctions regimes.

If our ultimate foreign policy goal is a world that is secure, stable, humane and safe, where the risk of war is minimal, then clearly supporting and advancing democracy should be a national security priority.

the United Nations has allowed some of the world's most rampant human rights violators to masquerade as statesmen.

I hope we can introduce it this week, and I know the Chairman of the Committee is interested as well, in pursuing that.

Most importantly, the democratic world must work together to help Ukrainians defeat Russian aggression, and to help the Taiwanese safeguard their democracy.

I think it is simply wrong for the CEO and top executives to profit from their own mismanagement and then leave FDIC to be holding the bag.

I hope you will take a look at it because it was done at the behest of the industry, and clearly the intent was to undermine the impact of the guidance provided by the regulators.

I will be introducing two important pieces of legislation: first, the Protect Global Heroes Act... and second, a comprehensive countering authoritarianism bill.

losing a square inch to autocracy outside of the U.S. is a square inch closer to autocracy inside of the U.S.

I hope we can introduce it this week, and I know the Chairman of the Committee is interested as well, in pursuing that.

losing a square inch to autocracy outside of the U.S. is a square inch closer to autocracy inside of the U.S.

We must defend freedom in other countries because we recognize it is necessary to our existence.

We must defend freedom in other countries because we recognize it is necessary to our existence.

A passive United States which is content to do business with dictators... is making the world safer for human rights violators and kleptocrats.

During today's vote series, I had briefly step outside of the House Chamber. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye'' on rollcall No. 155 and ``no'' on rollcall No. 156. Amendment No. 17 Offered by Mr. McCormick The Acting CHAIR. The…

I am pleased, Mr. Secretary, that the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating that crash and we all look forward to improving road safety to avoid these terrible tragedies.

We're facing an affordable housing crisis in the United States.