Vietnam has earned the dubious distinction of being a Tier III country because of its labor trafficking.

I am not here to defend Vietnam. I am just asking, what standard are we applying?

I hope you will take just a moment to address this issue and advise us as to any discussions that the administration might be having with Philippine Government officials regarding, for example, an official apology to Taiwan or compensation…

If we allow countries that are of highly questionable reputation for their leaders to come to our country, why are we not extending the same courtesy for leaders and people like Taiwan that practice democracy?

The Taiwan Policy Act before us this afternoon will address that issue by permitting senior leaders of Taiwan to enter the United States under conditions of appropriate respect.

I think is a positive direction in terms of making sure that the leaders of the people of Taiwan are given every expression of self-determination in their ability to practice a democratic form of government.

I suppose the two fundamental principles underlying the whole question of export control system is one based on national security, and then on the other hand export competitiveness.

I believe it was to Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

I thank the gentleman for yielding, Mr. Speaker, and I especially want to thank my good friend, the chairman of the House Judiciary committee, Mr. Goodlatte, and Mr. John Conyers, the senior ranking member, for their support of this…

``Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a Member.''

I thank the gentlelady from the District of Columbia for giving me this opportunity to speak today. As negotiations begin on the final fiscal year 2013 Defense Authorization bill, I rise today with my fellow delegates to urge the Senate to…

Again I cannot express enough my deepest appreciation to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Scott) and my good friend, the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Coble) for their management of this bill. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong…

I thank the gentleman from Virginia, and especially also my dear friend and colleague, the gentleman from North Carolina, as managers of this important legislation. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 6116, a bill to…

As a Vietnam veteran, I rise in opposition to H.R. 1410. In 1967, I was deployed to Vietnam and served my country in Nha Trang. My brother also served, and has since passed away. On the matter of human rights, the U.S. cannot assume the…

I think it was somewhat dismissive of me in not realizing that what I consider to be the roll of honor, not only for Ambassador Chris Stevens, Mr. Sean Smith, Mr. Glen Doherty and Mr. Tyrone Woods should be remembered names and not just…

But why are you objecting to this inflationary index?

How soon can we get a response to this bill?

Why are we treating Palau differently from the other two free states?

I have been very, very disappointed, both Democratic and Republican Administrations have never really taken the Pacific Island countries of this region of the world seriously.

I would like unanimous consent to have the full text of my statement be made part of the record.

I can't believe we are going through the fourth round now. This will be the last, I promise.

How can we be making recommendations on economic improvements or reforms the Palauans make if we can't even handle our own economy? Does that make sense?

I appreciate your comments, but it just doesn't simply add up to what we have had to endure for the last 2 years from the Administration.

Because in exchange for this agreement we have--our relationship with Palau is significant in terms of the United States national security interest in the Pacific.

The question that we have now that we have to answer, is Palau relevant to our overall strategic and military interest right now in the Pacific?