Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: “We are just going to talk about a nuclear deal with Rouhani, we will ignore human rights.”

This important bill would extend this longstanding bipartisan lifesaving program for another 5 years.

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

I add my support for all the measures before us today.

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