Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: “So it seems to me that the absence of any of these agreements wouldn't need to be discussed in a classified setting.”

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

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

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

I am proud to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Conaway), the chairman of the Committee on Agriculture and the author of this measure.