
Well, thank you very much. I am tempted to commend the Chairman and the Ranking Member for the best statements they have ever given.
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Well, thank you very much. I am tempted to commend the Chairman and the Ranking Member for the best statements they have ever given.

The problem with the CRA is that with the snap of a finger, without even any discussion on the floor, the rule hits the trash can.

Mr. Speaker, last week, Hurricane Maria hit the island of Puerto Rico. The damage on the island has been described as apocalyptic: buildings destroyed, a major dam at risk of collapse, and millions of American citizens looking for help…

Why don't we, if we are really serious about this, convene the five-party talks and show not only strength but concerted effort?

I think that is a good message, but, again, I think apropos of some of the comments of my colleagues, you know, specific evidence that it is working.

It is important to recognize ARSA, and it is important to recognize that there are other minorities, Rakhine Buddhists and Hindus who have been killed and displaced, but it is nowhere near on the scale of the Rohingya.

The response of the Myanmar military has been grossly disproportional.

She has not simply been silent; she has refused to allow a U.N. factfinding mission to come in.

It is the Myanmar soldiers who are at the front lines of committing these abuses, and they are also those with the most power to bring them to an end.

The announcement of $32 million in U.S. aid was a very welcome shot in the arm, but U.N. agencies are now reporting there will be at least $200 million needed over the next 6 months to address the crisis.

I fear that the Army keeps abandoning good networks and systems in search for the perfect system, and the perfect, as we know, is hard to find, if not impossible, in the telecom world.

It is stunning that we are so far into this--we spent so much money and we are still nowhere, it seems.

I mean, I have got to go home and now explain this to constituents back home, and it just falls into the category of, you have got to be kidding me.

Mr. President, I wish to talk about the latest attempt from my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to upend our health care system. They have been trying to sell this as a new and better health care bill, but in fact they somehow…

Development contributes to stability. It contributes to better governance. And if you're able to do those things...

Our American values are, for us at the State Department and for me as an American, they are immutable.

I think given the current situation with cybersecurity, you have to have the money.

The Women, Peace, and Security Act makes sure that women are meaningful participants at all levels of foreign policymaking.