Alan Grayson: “I can no longer sit back and watch our constituents be exploited by failed banks dangling desperately needed access to…”

This amendment is nearly identical to an amendment that passed by voice vote last year. I hope we will agree on its passage again this year.

The opportunity for peace is based upon a very fragile concept called personal safety and security.

When I look at these resolutions regarding Abkhazia, South Ossetia, the bill regarding the Ukraine and the Crimea, what is missing to me is a sense of respect for the wishes of the people involved.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 73, line 3, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $468,000)(increased by $468,000)''. The…