Connie Mack

I will be supporting the bill, as well.

I certainly hope Argentina will go back to being a friendly country and not being the antagonist that it looks like it is appearing to go down that road.

I'm a strong supporter of the embargo. I think the embargo has morphed over the years...

Let me be clear, Cuba is no friend to the United States. We are enemy number one.

It's shocking to me to think that we will give a visa to Raul Castro's daughter and at the same time withhold visas from Hondurans who fought for their constitution and their freedom.

I think if we have a program that is going to look at it as one, if you will, that instead of having the silo mentalities...

There are some who think they do good work monitoring elections, but there are some, including myself, that don't.

I believe that the OAS instead of standing up for the people of Honduras and their democracy and constitution, instead sided with Chavez and Zelaya.

I do believe that they stand in the way of democracy building and protecting democracies in Latin America instead of supporting democracies.

I am concerned about the overall take in the Western Hemisphere that we are losing ground even with our allies on this issue.

I think the OAS stands in the way of democracy, and that we ought to be strengthening our relationships with our friends and allies instead of turning it over to the OAS.

The OAS should not continue to receive increased funding each year when it continuously fails to do its job.

The consensus within the OAS is that Article 20 is not functioning.

H.R. 2542 does not defund the OAS. H.R. 2542 requires only that the OAS uphold its international commitments in order to receive U.S. taxpayer dollars.

They are driven by profit, but they are also driven by evil and they terrorize the Mexican people.

It is a threat that affects everyone, and we must all, without hesitation, move to stop it.

This is a threat to the state. It is a threat to the Mexican state.

A terrorist insurgency is being waged along our southern border--the operations across Mexico and Central America--as well as in over 1,000 U.S. cities.

I drafted this legislation to ensure that action is taken to secure our border, stop transnational criminal activity in the United States, and secure the role of the state in Mexico.

People in Latin America don't know where the United States stands, and that is why I think we ought to disengage from the OAS, directly engage with our friends and allies.

What the people, the people that we are talking about in Nicaragua, what they are looking for is someone to stand strong with them, and that means opposing what Ortega is doing to them.

I believe that the OAS is a hindrance to democracy in Latin America.

This administration has failed, has failed on that mission.

There is no leadership. It is so muddled.