And they have been marching with a clear call; they are calling for the respect for human rights and democracy to really take hold in their nation.

This legislation imposes targeted sanctions on those individuals who have carried out human rights abuses or who ordered the violence against those peaceful protesters.

H.R. 4587, the Venezuela and Human Rights and Democracy Promotion Act, authored by Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen.

Mr. Speaker, I would like to congratulate the team from Hebrew Academy in South Florida for winning this year's National Council of Synagogue Youth JUMP competition. Schools across the country were charged with creating events related to…

To say that this task was one better suited for Sisyphus would be an understatement.

I fully expect Secretary Kerry and the administration to enforce the letter of the law.

Secretary Kerry's faith that Abu Mazen and the PLO could sit down with Israel this time was misplaced.

I will continue to do everything in my power to ensure that it does not get this authority.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak about Debbie's Dream Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to advancing stomach cancer research, and it recently hosted its Fifth Annual Dream Makers Gala in my area in south Florida. Each year, the event…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to bring attention to the case of Juliet Michelena Diaz, an independent Afro-Cuban journalist who last month was unjustly detained by Castro's thugs simply for photographing the brutality of the state security…

Mr. Speaker, along with my colleagues Lois Capps and Ted Deutch, I introduced the Truth in Advertising Act, a bill that could help reduce the negative health impact of photoshopped images in advertising. Photoshopped ads can promote…