The idea that the Chinese Communist Party would make a theological determination offers some comic relief to what is otherwise a very serious hearing.

How come we haven't seized those assets for the benefit of the Venezuelan people?

What we know fails is an implicit Federal guarantee for privately run, profit-oriented institutions.

The current system did not break. The system we had in 2008 did and we shouldn't go back to it.

I especially want to focus on H. Con. Res. 90 condemning the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya introduced by Mr. Crowley and Mr. Chabot.

I strongly support two resolutions that condemn Palestinian terrorism. One in particular is H.R. 3542, the Hamas Human Shields Prevention Act, that has been introduced by Mr. Wilson.

Is it the policy of the United States in Afghanistan to destroy poppy crops to the full extent that that can be done without destroying legitimate agriculture?

Even for those of us who are advocates of the bank, you can imagine how painful it is to then go back to your district and say, we put money in here, and Iran takes money out of there.

Can I ask you to personally bring up, with high-level Pakistani authorities, the November 2015 death of Dr. Anwar Laghari and the death just a few weeks ago of Dr. Laghari's son, Asad Laghari?

Not enough. Let's do more.

To what extent does the administration take up these human rights issues and disappearances with the Pakistani Government?

Since 2001, we have provided over $100 billion of economic and security assistance to Afghanistan, not to mention the blood and treasure of fighting the war.