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Wendy Sherman is a prominent American diplomat and a member of the Democratic Party, currently serving as the Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources. She has played a significant role in U.S. foreign policy, particularly in relation to global health and international relations with China. Sherman is known for her emphasis on collaboration in addressing global challenges, including pandemics, and has articulated the importance of managing the U.S.-China relationship as a key geopolitical issue of the current era. Her extensive experience in diplomacy includes serving as the lead negotiator for the Iran nuclear deal.
I join with my colleagues tonight in somber remembrance of the Armenian Genocide. Early in the 20th century, during World War I and its aftermath, the Ottoman Empire attempted the complete liquidation of the Armenian population of Eastern…
Mr. Speaker, 2 months ago the President of the United States stood where you sit now and asked us to pass his tax program for a particular waitress. He described this waitress as having an income of $25,000, two kids, no spouse, and said…
I would now like to shift to a discussion of foreign policy, starting with the Americans being held on the Chinese island of Hainan; America held hostage, day four. Let us go through a few of the facts that have been uncontroverted. Our…
before we pass a series of tax cuts totaling over $2 trillion, we need to know what we can afford. The Republican plan is based on unreliable projections, no budget resolution, no administration budget. Mr. Speaker, this is what a budget…
I am glad to see that Southern California is spreading wisdom to the far shores of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, I want to commend the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pallone), who has been here long before I was involved in the India Caucus and…
I would like to begin the speech I had planned to give tonight. Mr. Speaker, you have been here on many occasions when I have addressed the House late at night, and this is the last speech of the 106th Congress, as I understand it, the…
this country has lost a leader of depth and integrity. We in this House have lost one of our own. Bettye and Cary have lost a husband and a father, and I have lost a role model and a friend. We in the California delegation have lost a…
there is a great fiscal debate going on in this country and I felt I would use these 5 minutes to address some of the key points in that debate. The governor from Texas has come up with a novel and dangerous argument, and that is that…
The Democrat approach makes an awful lot of sense. It builds on the tradition we have in this country that when school districts issue school bonds, the Federal Government gives them lower interest rates because the interest on those bonds…
both parties agree that the tax code should help school districts issue school bonds and build schools. But this bill provides only half of the tax credits for school bonds that we need. It has weasel words on Davis-Bacon, which means we…
we are engaged in a great fiscal debate in which the Governor of Texas tells us that, under his plan, every American who pays taxes will get tax relief. He is completely wrong. He should know that there are 15 million Americans who pay…
I would like to address yesterday's debate and focus on taxation. Why such a dry topic as taxation? After all, one of the candidates seems like a much nicer, more likeable guy. Why do we not just make him President by acclamation? Well, it…
today I join my 51 colleagues from the Great State of California to pay tribute to its 150th Statehood Anniversary and to the 24th Congressional District, which I represent. From East to West, the 24th runs from Sherman Oaks, America's…
I rise in support of H.R. 4919, in order to assist the committee. This bill is an annual authorization for certain activities related to the U.S. assistance for national defense of our friends and allies overseas. The bill authorizes the…
This entire bill is woefully underfunded. We should be adding several billions to this bill, perhaps many billions to this bill. But within the scope of the bill as presented, all we can do is move money from one part of the bill to…
Thirty-four million people in Africa with HIV, and even if we pass this amendment, that is less than $10 per infected person, less than $10 per person who will probably lose their lives. After we consider this amendment, I will call up an…
Mr. Chairman, that amendment deals with the provisions of this bill which provide funds for the inspection and facilitation of agricultural imports, particularly those from the Islamic Republic of Iran. In March of this year the…
what I would also hope is that the government in Iran would give us just verdicts. Now, there cannot be justice for the 13 Jews who have been subjected to show trials over the last several months. They were arrested in March of 1999. Most…
in March of 1999, Iran arrested 13 of its Jewish citizens solely because of their religion. The trial has just concluded, and it was a show trial worthy of Joseph Stalin: no evidence, but confessions, not showing the guilt of the accused…
the trials are going on now. The 13 Jews charged with spying for the CIA may hear their verdicts on the 4th of July. This amendment sends a strong message that America is watching. No justice, no caviar. Or at least no caviar imported from…
Yesterday we slashed money for education for teachers, for after-school programs, for Head Start. Today, they want to cut $50 billion per year from Federal revenues. Two percent of American families even pay this tax. Three percent of…
First, let us put this bill in context. Once it is fully phased in, it will cost this country $50 billion a year. All of that tax relief will go to the richest 1 percent to 1 rac{1}{2} ext{ percent of American families. Basically all of…
Only 2 percent of American families pay a single penny of estate tax. This is because the tax is designed so that a husband and wife can leave their first $2 million, first $2 million to their heirs without paying a penny in tax. So this…
yesterday, the Committee on Rules rejected the Berman-Weldon amendment. That amendment would simply have provided that China loses its normal trade relations if it invades or blockades Taiwan. Now, China will look at this rule and look at…
Well, right now China has been emboldened in a way that I did not think would occur this particular month. Clamping down on the religious group that the gentleman pronounces so well, clamping down on both Catholics and Protestants, a…
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