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Mr. Speaker, yesterday, dozens of Syrians suffered yet again at the hands of Bashar al-Assad when he employed chemical weapons in an attack that left children gasping for air and suffering in the middle of the streets. In the deadliest…
I hereby respectfully request that President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni talk about Japan's noncompliance with Hague Convention and resolve to put the issue on the G7 agenda.
Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 1667, the ``Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act of 2017.'' In 2008, the United States economy nearly collapsed as a direct result of lending practices in the housing market that were predatory…
We are in favor of the United States negotiating directly with every single nation individually and from a position of strength.
I hereby respectfully request that Vice President Mike Pence speak with these Japanese officials and ask them to have Japan meet their international obligation to comply with the Hague Convention and return our children to their habitual…
Japan remains an ongoing international threat to our children and our human rights.
Mr. Speaker, in the 20th century, good-paying manufacturing jobs built the middle class in Rhode Island and across our country. But in recent decades, millions of these jobs have disappeared. Factories have been shuttered. Bad trade deals…
Turkey remains a key ally in the fight against ISIS yet has had considerable challenges of its own in recent years.
the rule of law in Turkey is an instrument to suppress oppositionists.
But you consciously do not--put individuals on a ship?
Are you using that aggressively to counter what is usually kind of informal and sometimes even nonverbal sort of conduct or communication that leads to this type of ostracism or retaliation?
We are in a situation today where we are seeing actually the rate of sexual assault at the academy rising.
As Senator Collins noted, it is Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
I know when the first females were integrated into submarines, it was consciously done so that there would be four to six enlisted plus four officers, not onesies and twosies.
I associate myself entirely with your comments. I think you discuss this issue with great eloquence, great clarity, and great emphasis, because it is critically important.
Addressing this problem is challenging, particularly when key personnel positions...are vacant, delayed by President Trump's, I believe, counterproductive hiring ban.