Thank you very much and Mr. Rivera's time has expired.

I thank my good friend for yielding me the time. I stand in strong support of the Protect Life Act. I thank my good friend, my colleague, Congressman Pitts, for introducing this important legislation because this bill will help ensure that…

Quit financing people who hate us, and, number two, let's make sure U.S. contributions are voluntary.

the Constitution gives us, the Congress, authority to control the purse strings, and we are the ultimate power when it comes to the expenditure of those tax dollars

I believe this is a responsible and reasonable use of our leverage as a country and will improve the overall mission of the United Nations.

The bottom line is, since U.S. involvement in the Human Rights Council, the U.S. has had a significant impact.

We have to stand up for what we believe in, and we have to do it in a forum where the entire world hears what we say.

if they have a system that is set up that puts these gangsters in charge of policy, then the system is wrong

the bottom line is the American people believe that money that we take from them should not be given to someone else to spend

I thank the esteemed chairman for the time. Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of the U.S.-Panama free trade agreement. In my home district of Miami-Dade, Panama is among its top 25 trading partners. In Florida as a whole, it ranks…

We continue to travel down the same path; ever since this shameful failure by the Miami VA Health care System came to light.