Howard Berman: “We want to make sure that our actions in this body, to the extent possible, provide incentives for democratic forces…”

Secretary Clinton and other top officials in the Obama administration have repeatedly made clear to Beijing that we will not allow China to assert its hegemony over the region.

I would like to offer a few observations regarding the recent fighting and regarding the Palestinians' profoundly regrettable effort to achieve statehood recognition through a U.N. vote rather than through direct negotiations with its…

We were appalled at Gurry's lack of accountability and transparency and his lack of judgment at attempts at keeping these illegal transfers secret.

In this case, I'm pleased to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the ranking member of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, a longtime member and leader on the Foreign Affairs Committee and a very active legislator on the issue before us today--that…