Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 7025) to prohibit the Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service from funding entities that commit, fund, or support gross violations of internationally recognized human rights, and for other purposes, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 7025 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Advancing Human Rights- Centered International Conservation Act of 2022''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means-- (A) the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives; (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; (C) the Committee of Appropriations of the House of Representatives; (D) the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate; (E) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and (F) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. (2) Covered recipient.--The term ``covered recipient'' means any entity that receives financial assistance from the Director for the purpose of international activities or a subrecipient as defined in section 200.1 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations, of such entity with respect to a grant issued by the Director.…”