Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

I'm pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Royce), who is the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade.

I'd like to yield 3\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Chabot), who is our subcommittee chairman on Middle East and South Asia of our Committee on Foreign Affairs.

I'm pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Turner), a member of our Committee on Foreign Affairs.

I only have some closing remarks and have no further requests for time, so I will wait for my colleague from California to yield back.

I am so pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Chabot), who is the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia. He deals with these issues every day.

I am so pleased to yield 4 minutes to my good friend, the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Smith), who is the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights.

We have no further requests for time, so when the gentleman yields back, I will make some closing statements and yield back as well.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

I hope that we can move on stronger sanctions.

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

I am proud to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Smith), the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights. (Mr. SMITH of New Jersey asked and was given permission to revise and…

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Duncan), who is a member of our Foreign Affairs Committee and also a member of the Homeland Security and Natural Resources Committees.

I thank my good friend from California. We just have a few more speakers. Mr. Speaker, I am so pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania, Dr. Murphy, a member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce.

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Kelly), an esteemed member of our Committee on Foreign Affairs.

What an honor it is to yield 1 minute to our esteemed majority leader, Mr. Cantor, the coauthor of this important legislation.

I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Poe), a member of our Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Judiciary.

I am so pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Chabot), who has the honor of chairing our Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia.

These park users consider the closures of the most popular and productive fishing waters draconian and based on flimsy, outdated or simply feel-good speculation of perceived benefits.