Matt Salmon

One nation turning away from the peaceful mechanisms of international law and peaceful coexistence and instead embracing belligerence.

It is time for the people of Cambodia to have their freedom and to cast off this corrupt regime that steals their property and enriches a small clique of Hun Sen cronies.

I wish for a speedy recovery for the Sri Lankan people and hope our newly invigorated development relationship that we're going to discuss today can help meet some of the challenges left in the wake of the storm.

We are optimistic that the Sirisena-led government is committed to change and have already begun implementing important reforms.

Today a Depression-era antiquated and, frankly, oppressive tax provision instituted under FDR is restricting the ability of law-abiding Americans to access basic hearing protection equipment for firearms.

I think it is a ludicrous policy. We have close to 70 cosponsors, bipartisan, and I think it is an idea whose time has come.

Thanks for holding this important hearing on tax legislation. As the Committee knows well, tax policy affects just about every part of American life.

The average time in court is about 4 years, and that is just not acceptable.

I commend the administration for pursuing deployment of THAAD in South Korea. I think it is incredibly important.

I think that the one thing that will move North Korea is some flexing of the economic muscles by China.

Your folks are some of the most amazing people I have ever met in my life, incredible leaders.

What you all do is keeping us out of war.

I commend Chairman Royce's leadership in increasing sanctions on this rogue regime.

China's actions in the South China Sea continue to raise the risk of conflict while simultaneously jeopardizing the international rights, freedoms, and order.

We need to be engaged. This is a very important part of the world where we cannot afford to retreat and withdraw.

if Congress continues to put its head in the sand on dealing with entitlement spending and not doing anything about it, there won't be any money for discretionary spending.

I find the imagery of the President yukking it up with FARC terrorists at a baseball game yesterday when Europe is under siege by terrorists disgusting, absolutely disgusting.

First, before I start honoring this wonderful woman, I would like to say that I learned early in my life, in my church, that if you want to talk about something, you convene a meeting with a bunch of men; if you want to solve something…

I thank the gentlewoman. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak very, very lovingly and admiringly about one of the most wonderful people I have ever gotten a chance to know in my life. Her name is Laura Knaperek. I first met Laura when I was…

I do want to say one other thing. I know that the gentlewoman is going to be retiring after the end of this term, and I just want to say what a true honor it has been to serve with a statesman such as yourself. You are truly one of the…

Actually, we are going to be reintroducing it, and we are probably going to rename it Laura's Law in honor of Laura Knaperek. There are very few times in your life that you meet somebody that you think they got the memo mixed up in Heaven…

One of their contentions is that the law of unintended consequences could end up forcing some of those small businesses to not hire salaried employees.

I have never had a proposed rule that has sparked constituent outcry and ringing of the phones and sending of emails more than the proposed rule on the fiduciary rule.

I think their success globally as well as success in the region can be enhanced by a strong U.S.-India relationship.

the people of this country have, in case we haven't noticed, risen to totally repudiate the trade policies that we have followed so far