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This is the final amendment to the bill. It will not kill the bill or send it back to committee. If adopted, the bill will immediately proceed to final passage as amended. Mr. Speaker, we are in the midst of the worst drought we have ever…

This committee and this body, Congress, has been pretty unanimous in, you know, our voice ratcheting up sanctions...

I would like to see them demonstrate that accessibility, that unfettered access, before you even start considering the sanctions relief.

I want to see them do what is--they agreed to, allow us or allow the inspectors unfettered access.

I would urge that the administration take a tough stance here and not back down from that.

We have got to honor the promises that we have made to our constituents and to the people of America. We have got to honor the promises that we have made to our patients and doctors. This is a good bill. I look forward to voting for and…

I want to thank my colleague from Massachusetts for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, as a doctor who has cared for hundreds of seniors on Medicare, this is an important step forward because, for over a decade, we have had this flawed…

I also want to thank the witnesses and the left-behind parents for your heartfelt testimony today.

Approximately 1,000 U.S. children are reported to the State Department as victims of international child abduction annually.

it is not our goal or our business to do anything other than help ensure free and fair elections.

It is incredibly important that we take standards to address respiratory effects, and address asthma rates.

So, again, you know, part of our job as scientists, part of our job as physicians, is to provide the best science.

As co-chair of the Caucus on India and Indian-Americans which is the largest country caucus in Congress, I think I can speak for members on both sides of the aisle that we view the U.S.-India relationship in a bilateral way, and see some…

I think we all agree that one of our core jobs and responsibilities as Members of Congress is to make sure we are stewards watching the use of taxpayer revenue.

I want to thank my colleague from Oregon for her leadership on the Science Committee as well as our ranking member from Texas for her leadership. But I have to rise in opposition of H.R. 1442, the EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act, and…

From what both the witnesses have described, China clearly is at a crossroads and over the past few years it has been at a political crossroads, an economic crossroads.

We can continue to further isolate North Korea, but we have also seen when we do that isolation how the Kim regime responds in provocative manners.

North Korea is one of the greatest security threats to the peace and stability of Asia and one of the United States' most vexing security challenges.

I continue to be very concerned, as the chairman has mentioned, with North Korea's nuclear ambitions.

I am not going to take that seriously, other than maybe they are watching some DVDs from Hollywood as well that are getting smuggled in.

And to make sure that those listening in North Korea understand that we stand with the South Koreans.

Ultimately, North Korea's proliferation of nuclear weapons and support to groups that oppose Western interests continues unfettered and without limitation.

I would want to make sure that the people in South Korea know that, as one of our close allies in the region, we do stand with them in this and the right to defend themselves.

What we need to do this in partnership is we are increasingly showing North Korea there really is only one path forward, that is de-escalation, denuclearization and becoming a more conventional nation.

Anyone would be hard pressed to deny the extent of human rights abuses being committed by the most repressive totalitarian regime on earth.