Ed Royce: “I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Meehan), a member of the Committee on Ways and Means and…”

I have an amendment to this text at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows Strike all after the resolving clause and insert the following: That the House of Representatives-- (1)…

As they say, never again, and here it is going on with the international community held spellbound in the middle of it.

I want to begin by recognizing the efforts of Mr. Smith, Chair of the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health and Global Human Rights, and Ranking Member Engel for their strong leadership on this critical issue. Mr. Speaker, for seven years…

Vladimir Putin is not our friend, and there is simply no comparing the actions of the United States with those of Putin's Russia.