I think when we look at the proposed pending agreement, it is a balancing act for the United States.

It is a bargain to invest in civil society to be able to speak up for their rights.

I really grieve to see a nation that is actually more violent with a, quote, 'democratic government' than it was under a military dictatorship.

if you start political maneuvering for the purposes of accomplishing a goal, then, in addition to the human rights and trafficking question, you would have to worry about labor rights and environmental issues

Mexico is one of the top legislative priorities of Freedom House.

It is difficult for the United States to understand trials and prosecutions and imprisonments of journalists.

Colombia is an important partner of the United States, and it has much to admire, but there are serious problems.

I think what I would love to just hear is some assurance that we are going to see those final regs by the end of the year.

I actually do believe on the resolution plans that we have made progress and that we are seeing plans with greater rigor.

Shame on them.

I also want to say one hopeful thing about this process you and the ranking member have gotten underway here, but in terms of the broader conversation, too, that's hopeful to me is actually on the right, on the left, Republicans and…

The fact that we would subject a young person to solitary confinement for his or her protection, of course, tells us a lot about the personal environment that we would need to do that, understanding that there are consequences that flow…

The American system of justice from soup to nuts is, in many places, broken.

That isn't justice, that's a perversion of justice.

It seems to me that that would be ought to be a practice normally that is very infrequent.

Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that my name be removed as a cosponsor of H.R. 2722. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Virginia? There was no objection. ____________________

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We must do better, and we can. We cannot stand by while these alarming disparities and destructive cycles persist generation after generation.