Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

Getting interrupted for democracy is a good thing.

We have seen that greater access to education for women leads to increased respect for human rights, a rise in prosperity and well-being, and a more peaceful and stable society.

Thank you so very much for holding this markup on this important issue.

We can't do things bilaterally or unilaterally, rather. If we are going to resolve certain things we got to do things multilateral.

What nerve to speak in favor of democratic principles in the OAS, and there is the Secretary General, a buffoon who just continues to silence the opposition.

I see it as a failed institution and I hurt that our money is going to this institution.

I look forward to working with my colleagues who all, I believe, have good intentions.

I want that regime to change. But I want something that works because it hasn't.

We share this hemisphere. They are very important, and if we didn't do it then others would come and they would try to invest and influence.

As one of the strongest supporters of Taiwan, I also support and have co-sponsored the resolution before us, H. Res. 494, affirming the importance of the Taiwan Relations Act.

While it is vital that we continue to support the Ukrainian people, we must not let this overshadow our Venezuelan friends who continue to be brutally oppressed under Maduro and his cronies.

The Obama administration must get tough against Russia by sanctioning more Russian oligarchs by adding more names to the Magnitsky List, revoking the 1-2-3 agreement with Russia and reexamining our PNTR agreement with Moscow.

This bill is important because it shows our strong support to the Ukrainian people and it says to all freedom-loving friends and allies in the region that the U.S. will not stand idly by as Russia bullies its way in an attempt to rebuild…

Amos Rojas, Jr., was sworn in yesterday as the U.S. Marshal for our southern district of Florida. A consummate public servant, Marshal Rojas served 24 years of his career with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, including 8 years as…

I don't think that they see us as upholding the principles that are enshrined in the cornerstone of our U.S. Foreign policy related to Taiwan, which is the Taiwan Relations Act.

I am concerned, as all of us are, about China's continued rise and aggression in the East and South China Seas and the feeble response by our State Department to North Korean missile launches, which are a clear violation of international…

Sixteen of my colleagues sent a letter to the President asking for those similar powers under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

I will send a new letter to the administration asking for more names of human rights violators to be added to the Magnitsky list and I hope that my colleagues will join me in that letter.

I am pleased and honored to yield 4 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from California (Mr. Royce), the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee.

We will finally vote on the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act. Times are still tough for many hard-working families. Federal agencies like FEMA should not be in the business of making things tougher. Yet that is exactly what…

Iran is the world's foremost state sponsor of terrorism.

The joint plan of action is a lopsided bad deal for the United States and for our allies.

I don't see any reason for it to remain a state secret other than the administration doesn't want the American people to see how badly we got suckered.

The Shi'a-dominated Maliki government cannot successfully take Fallujah on its own without the help of the Sunni tribal leaders in the region.

What steps are we taking to ensure that the Sunnis are participating in these elections and that Iraq can return to that sort of power sharing government we saw in the post-surge Iraq?