It is a shame of our Nation, a nation this strong, this powerful, this wealthy, that could not do something about it.

It is unconscionable to me that you also go out of your way to praise what Governor Abbot of Texas has done.

One of the changes that Senator Capito and I are pushing for in the farm bill is for a program to provide funding for warranties to accompany these septic systems.

I have had the privilege of working with Senator Capito, who has been a great partner, in addressing these issues.

I think it is important that we shed light on the organization you work for as well as the three organizations that I believe you have either worked for or appeared alongside.

We can all agree that Mexican cartels pose a direct threat to U.S. interest.

I cannot tell you about the urgency, and I think it was reflected in a lot of the comments that were made beforehand.

How can we engage in good-faith discussions of border policies when this committee's Majority is using this committee to arrive at a pre-determined destination?

Our recommendations are supported by Members of Congress in H. Resolution 82 introduced by you, Mr. Chair, Chris Smith, earlier this year.

The American Humanist Association branded all those who went to National Prayer Breakfast as Christian nationalists.

That was a genocide committed by the Bosnian Serbs.

I will say that the Iranian people felt that then what? Zero from that administration at the time.

We are uniquely situated to stand up for religion freedom around the world for a number of reasons.

We need to. We strongly recommend that the Secretary of State reconsider designating Vietnam as a CPC.

I think about Nicaragua in our own hemisphere, a terrible actor in the Ortega, a little country with people who are suffering.

We are not going to enable a dictatorship that is committing every kind of human rights abuse imaginable, forced organ harvesting, which is an atrocity that is reminiscent of the Nazis.

I was shocked that the State Department failed to designate Nigeria as a country of particular concern in 2022.

I am especially grateful you put India on the list of countries that ought to be CPC.