Ileana Ros-Lehtinen: “On numerous occasions, the President has gone so far as to say that al-Qaeda has been 'decimated and that it is on the…”

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

I am proud to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Poe), chairman of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade.

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.