I would like to highlight the Debbie's Dream Foundation, an organization in south Florida that seeks to make the cure for stomach cancer a reality while also supporting patients, families, and caregivers who are impacted by this disease…

This behavior is intolerable. Allies do not attack U.S. citizens on American soil.

I would like to highlight a problem that impacts one in every nine women in our Nation today: postpartum depression. As you can see on this poster, the condition can impact any mother, regardless of background or regardless of…

This bipartisan resolution calls on the Chechen leader to immediately cease the abduction and violence of men based on their real or perceived sexual orientation.

The fact that it appears to be beyond any dispute that about 100 men, due to their actual or suspected sexual orientation, were abducted, detained, and tortured, and as many as three have been killed, maybe more. That is outrageous.

I would like to honor and wish a happy 95th birthday to Jay Kislak, a valued member of our south Florida community who has dedicated himself to preserving the history of our great Nation. Jay Kislak began his career as a real estate agent…

Today, the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee passed a bill that I authored, the Nicaraguan Investment and Conditionality Act, the NICA Act. I thank Chairman Duncan and Ranking Member Sires for working with me to pass this important…

I would like to recognize Joseph ``Pepe'' Badia for his commitment to expand educational opportunities for our south Florida students. Pepe's latest philanthropic venture allowed for the establishment of a scholarship at my alma mater…

I want to applaud the leadership and help of all of our congressional subcommittee in bringing attention to all of these terrible situations throughout the world.

I am so grateful to Mr. Albio Sires, my good friend from New Jersey, the ranking member of our Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere in the Committee on Foreign Affairs for joining me tonight for this Special Order regarding the…

We are so pleased that Mr. Castro has, once again, joined us in this battle for human rights, for democracy, for justice, for the rule of law, in our hemisphere. His voice is a valiant one that needs to be heard and is always present…

I thank Mr. Sires for such an eloquent statement on behalf of the beleaguered and embattled Venezuelan people. Before I yield so proudly to Mr. Castro of Texas, another member of our Western Hemisphere Subcommittee, I would like to say…

I am deeply concerned by the rapidly deteriorating human rights situation in Chechnya where hundreds of gay or perceived-to-be gay men have been harassed, have been tortured, and have been killed by Chechen authorities. On April 1, a…

It is with a heavy heart that I rise to recognize the beloved memory of a dear friend, Roxcy O'Neal Bolton, who passed away the morning of May 17. Roxcy was born in Mississippi and later moved to Coral Gables, Florida, in my congressional…

I thank Chairman Royce again for yielding the time. Mr. Speaker, I stand in strong support of Ranking Member Eliot Engel's Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act, H.R. 1677, of which I am proud to be an original cosponsor, and I commend him…

Last night I had the honor of presenting the International Republican Institute's 2017 Freedom Award to great freedom fighters in my native homeland of Cuba, the Ladies in White, las Damas de Blanco, although my dear friend Berta Soler…

I thank the chairman for the time. I applaud the work that both Chairman Royce and Ranking Member Engel have done in helping to focus more of our foreign policy priority here in our own Western Hemisphere. I also applaud Congresswoman…

I want to thank the chairman and the ranking member for working to help bring this important bill to the floor in a timely manner and, more importantly, for conducting the affairs of our full committee in an even-tempered, professional…

May is Lupus Awareness Month. Lupus is an autoimmune illness that has the ability to attack any part of the body and unfortunately has no cure yet. According to the Lupus Foundation of America, more than 1.5 million Americans, including my…

As we approach Peace Officers Memorial Day, I would like to honor the service and the sacrifice of law enforcement officers in my south Florida community who bravely lost their lives in the line of duty. On April 29, through the project…

I recently visited PortMiami, one of the prime economic engines in Miami-Dade County. Located in my congressional district, PortMiami is known as the cruise capital of the world. With its exclusive geographic location, the port is…

Today marks the democratic Jewish State of Israel's 69th Independence Day. For the Jewish people to have not only survived the Holocaust and the Nazi effort to eradicate them from the planet and then to establish a state of their own in…

This week we commemorated Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. People around the world gathered together in their communities to remember and to reflect, to mourn the dead, to pay tribute to the survivors, and to honor the sacrifices of…

It is not possible to defeat ISIS while Assad remains in power.

I would like to recognize DMR Corporation, which is opening a new medical supply retail store this Friday in my congressional district. Since its start in 1984, DMR has been working to meet the rising and challenging needs of the disabled…