Mr. Chairman, I rise to support the Diaz-Balart amendment and to draw attention to a crisis that will soon hit the city of Miami and many other cities throughout south Florida, our State of Florida, and indeed throughout the Nation. We are…

Mr. Chairman, on rollcall No. 372, I inadvertently voted ``no''. I meant to vote ``aye.'' Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.'' Stated against:

I want to thank the ranking member, all of our committee members and our staff for the good work that went into the measures we have just adopted.

The Russians decided they wanted to invade Georgia and so they did.

Turkey has done a remarkable job in moving forward for religious freedom especially in the area of being open to more religious freedom.

This resolution, I think, is good to promote the awareness of what took place and what is taking place in Georgia.

the appalling open-door policy that the administration appears to have adopted for regime officials and operatives.

Mr. Engel has had a lifelong record of solidarity with the Cuban people, even when it is difficult for him politically back home.

I strongly urge the Department of State to immediately reverse its course, consider the threats to our nation's security interest posed by the Cuban regime.

the continued threat to U.S. foreign policy priorities and U.S. national security interests posed by the Castro regime which is a state sponsor of terrorism operating 90 miles from our U.S. shores.

I hope that we can move on stronger sanctions.