Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: “Weak governance has left these nations vulnerable to infiltration by radical groups like AQIM, Boko Haram, and other…”

I would like to tighten the sanctions on those military leaders because I see that as the problem.

We had Joe Crowley and Steve Chabot, who's a wonderful member of our committee, pass an important bill condemning the ethnic cleansing going on.

In 2014, we supported a resolution that this committee passed--Jim McGovern's House Resolution 418, which called for an end to persecution.

It's important to note Ranking Member Engel's BURMA Act, which still needs to be passed and that aims to impose additional sanctions.