So I guess my first question is am I correct in my conclusion that this becomes particularly vexing for the United States...

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in strong support of the FIRST STEP Act. I supported this bipartisan bill in committee because it will help more ex-offenders reenter the workforce. It will reduce recidivism. The FIRST STEP Act…

The rhetoric coming out of the administration is not helpful at all.

We cannot allow another outbreak to go unchecked because the White House considers arbitrary budget cuts to be good politics.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. We pride ourselves on being the most deliberative body on the planet, and all of us come here to contribute our best ideas to improve the lives of the American people. You wonder why this place doesn't…

That's a very disappointing answer, with all due respect.

Your testimony had been very useful in, I think, understanding Chinese economic power and their willingness to advance their national interests by the use of these very powerful economic tools.

This is, potentially, a violation of laws governing State Department personnel.

It's, frankly, insulting that the administration would send us another request like this when we rejected it last year.

However, in 2016, the Department of Defense decided to decommission Lajes, a decision I strongly opposed for a lot of reasons.

Will it be part of the deal? Do you have a commitment from the Kim regime?

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to the bank lobbyist act, which reverses the progress we have made since Wall Street brought our economy to the brink of collapse in 2008. This is yet another…

it's why I just want to start by saying how ironic and disturbing at the same times it is that this hearing is happening...

We cannot--we cannot--continue to overlook these countries that are right in our backyard.

I think the one thing that's particularly important is that we need to have confidence that as we are navigating this challenge...

I have to say it was more like a letter to Santa Claus than a policy document.

Have you raised your concerns with the Government of Saudi Arabia about the recent arrests of activists, particularly, women activists?

Will you, as Secretary of State, do what so many other Secretaries have not and recognize the genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire against its Armenian citizens during World War I? Yes or no.