"Amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 5040 offered by the Honorable Edward R. Royce, a Representative in Congress from the State of California."
"It is in America's interest that we promote credible elections, and having exchange programs to share best election practices is an excellent idea."
"What perhaps they didn't see coming was also the investment banks--the four big investment banks in doing their own modeling had leveraged up the ratio from what should have been 10 to 1, probably 30 ..."
"Our long-term national security and economic interests... are directly tied to how we protect emerging critical technologies."
"As Representative Royce said in the opening comments, export controls aren't just about physical products."
"I very much favor updating export controls and making sure a list of critical technologies that are forward-looking would be included."
"CFIUS reform is an urgent national security requirement. President Trump has endorsed this bill."
"this budget would undermine everything I mentioned earlier that contributes to our country's security and, frankly, it's just heartless."
"So arguments that we cannot afford it just don't fly with me, especially after the President signed the tax bill that blows a $1.5 trillion hole in the budget."
"We have introduced legislation to fix Food for Peace by recognizing the important contributions of American farmers."
"Wildlife trafficking has grown into the fourth most lucrative form of transnational organized crime."