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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen is a former U.S. Representative who served Florida's 18th congressional district from 1989 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, she was the first Hispanic woman elected to the U.S. Congress. Throughout her tenure, Ros-Lehtinen was known for her strong advocacy on issues related to Cuba, human rights, and foreign policy. She played a significant role in promoting legislation aimed at supporting democracy and human rights in Cuba, often speaking out against the Castro regime.

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Jan 22, 2013

The State Department was clearly allowing the false narrative that Department officials were being held accountable for what went wrong in Benghazi.

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Jan 22, 2013

How can this review be considered thorough when the person at the top, the Secretary of State, was not part of the investigation?

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Jan 22, 2013

I request that I get written responses for the questions that I am going to ask.

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Jan 15, 2013

Section 3: ``If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President-elect shall have died, the Vice President- elect shall become President. If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for…

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Dec 31, 2012

I also will miss Mr. Frank for his friendship and his great insight on many of the issues, and I thank him so much for caring deeply about constituents in his district, and we will continue to fight on their behalf. With that, Mr. Speaker…

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Dec 31, 2012

I also have no further requests for time, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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Dec 31, 2012

I also have no further requests for time. I yield back the balance of my time.

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Dec 31, 2012

I thank my good friend from New York for those kind words. Mr. Engel is a true mensch. That's a good thing. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Dold), a member of the Financial Services…

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Dec 31, 2012

I would like to yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from California (Mr. Royce), the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade and the chairman-designate of the full committee in…

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Dec 30, 2012

We have no further requests for time, and we are ready to yield back once the gentleman from California yields back.

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Dec 19, 2012

We look forward to her testimony here before mid-January.

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Dec 18, 2012

I am so honored to yield 3 minutes to the author of this legislation, the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Duncan).

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Dec 11, 2012

This is outrageous and I'm asking for the State Department to be more proactive. I've communicated with them. I've communicated with our U.S. ambassador in Mexico. This week I meet with the Mexican ambassador to the United States, and…

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Dec 11, 2012

This is outrageous, and I'm asking for the State Department to be more proactive. I have communicated with them. I've communicated with our U.S. ambassador in Mexico. This week I meet with the Mexican ambassador to the United States. And…

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Sep 19, 2012

At this time we have no further requests for time, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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Sep 19, 2012

I'm pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Turner), a member on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Veterans' Affairs, and Homeland Security Committee.

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Sep 19, 2012

I proudly yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Duncan), a member of our House Committee on Foreign Affairs as well as a member of the Homeland Security and Natural Resources Committees. More importantly, he is the…

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Sep 19, 2012

I am so pleased to yield 1 minute to our esteemed majority leader, the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Cantor).

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Sep 11, 2012

Just in closing, I would hope some of these impassioned speakers on behalf of respect for human rights, democracy, and the rule of law for the people of Vietnam, as meritorious as they are, I hope that they're extended to my native…

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Sep 11, 2012

I'm so pleased to yield 6 minutes to the other gentleman from California (Mr. Royce), the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade, and the author of this important bill.

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Sep 11, 2012

I would like to yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Royce), the chairman of our Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade of our Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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Sep 11, 2012

I'm so pleased to yield 6 minutes to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Smith), the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights, who is the author of this important bill.

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Sep 11, 2012

They died in service of our Nation, and we are forever grateful.

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Sep 10, 2012

I think it would do a disservice to Ambassador Stevens and those who paid the ultimate sacrifice if we do not take the time necessary to understand what happened.

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Aug 1, 2012

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. I will retain my time to close, so if Mr. Kucinich could wrap up his part of the debate, we can conclude.

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