Ed Royce: “I want to thank the gentlewoman from California for her work to improve the bill. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he…”

In the decade leading up to the financial crisis of 2008, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac spent nearly $200 million on lobbying activities and campaign contributions.

Ultimately, Helsinki was a squandered opportunity to challenge Vladimir Putin's false narratives on issues including Ukraine and Syria and Russia's ongoing interference in our democracy.

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

I would like to caution against making a bad situation worse.