Howard Berman: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It was your reference to North Korea, China and Iran that brought me here--no.”

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, that is also my understanding. The intent of Congress is to place people in the classified annex only if the President determines and justifies to the relevant committees that it is vital…

I am pleased to yield such time as she may consume to the sponsor of this resolution, the gentlelady from California (Ms. Loretta Sanchez).

I think this is a very historic piece of bipartisan legislation. Just as Jackson-Vanik became a tool to deal with one aspect of a horrible set of policies by the Soviet Union during the Cold War, we now, using the Magnitsky legislation…

Considering the support for that agreement all across the farming community, I am not sure why we would craft something completely new that is opposed by important members of that community.