Thank you so much, Mr. Mooney. We are a better Congress for you being a part of it. Thank you so much for being proud of your American heritage and your Cuban American ancestry as well. So, welcome to Congress, sir. Mr. Speaker, I am about…

Thank you so much, Mr. King. That is our fervent hope as well. And we work and we pray every day for that dream of a free Cuba to come alive. We thank you for your voice here tonight. Thank you, my good friend from Iowa. Mr. Speaker, many…

Thank you so much, Mr. DeSantis. You are so right when you categorized this unilateral bad deal as an economic lifeline to the Castro regime. A person who understands that just as well as you do is our next speaker, the gentleman from…

Thank you so much, Mr. Duncan. We are so pleased that we have this dynamic duo of the chairman and the ranking member of Western Hemisphere. You are so right to point out, Mr. Duncan, that there is no freedom of the press in Cuba. That is…

Thank you very much. I am so thankful to my good friend from Mobile, Alabama, for his words, because he understands that American principles are not for sale. I would like to point out, Mr. Speaker, that every country with whom the Castro…

Mr. Bilirakis, I thank you for your clear and consistent message that restrictions should not be lifted against the Castro regime until those conditions are met. Our next speaker, Mr. Speaker, is the gentleman from Alabama, Congressman…

I thank the gentleman from Ohio very much, and thank you for looking out for our U.S. national security, and thank you for trying to uphold the values of freedom throughout the world. Mr. Chabot brought up the fact that Mr. Kerry, speaking…

Thank you so much, Mr. Curbelo. You are a fresh young voice, and I thank you and Mr. Mooney for being here tonight. Mr. Speaker I am so pleased to yield to a gentleman who understands what freedom is all about. He was one of the speech…

As you heard from Mr. Sires, he was born and reared in Cuba, but you don't have to be a Cuban American to understand the principles that are at stake here. One person who knows that is a wonderful congressman from our great State of…

I am so humbled and pleased to see my colleagues who have turned out tonight at this late hour in a bipartisan manner to say that we reject the President's ill-advised treatment of the policy of rapprochement with the Cuban regime, and no…

The administration's concessions to the tyrannical Cuban regime have only strengthened the iron grip of the dictatorship, and by President Obama attempting to normalize relations with the island, we are only putting more money into the…

Due to President Obama's latest actions designed to seek closer ties to rogue regimes and terrorist groups across the world, these entities now have the blueprint on how to obtain concessions from the United States: hold innocent American…

The recent concessions by President Obama to the Castro regime mark a drastic departure from one of the most consistent tenets of United States foreign policy and traditional American values, and sets a dangerous precedent for other rogue…

President Obama's statement that he will reestablish diplomatic relations with the communist regime in Cuba takes away leverage that could have been used once that island nation one day begins to move towards democracy and freedom. But the…

I would like to congratulate my friend, journalist, and television anchorman, Jose Diaz-Balart. For over 30 years, Jose has been reporting on momentous events from international crises to breaking news in order to properly inform his…

Just 90 miles from U.S. shores the most repressive human rights abuses in our hemisphere are being perpetrated by a regime that has shown no respect for human life and that will never change as long as the Castro brothers and their kind…

The Secretary has stated quite clearly that the United States is not coordinating with Iran on Iraq and on the fight against ISIL.

The administration doesn't have a comprehensive policy to deal with all of the threats in Iraq and Syria and Iran, nor does it seem to want one.

Is it the administration's view that having a Shiite Iran, the world's foremost supporter of terrorism, in spite of our nuclear talks, invade Iraqi air space to attack Sunni ISIL--does the administration view this as a positive development?

Stability in the Western Hemisphere is in jeopardy due to the political and economic pressures occurring in Venezuela. Misguided financial decisions, attacks on entrepreneurship, and socialist policies have led the economy in Venezuela to…

It is in our national security interests of the United States to strengthen our relationship with our strongest ally, the democratic Jewish State of Israel. Our two nations share more than just a strategic partnership--we share the same…

And I would like to point out that Dwayne Johnson, The Rock, is a University of Miami Hurricanes alum. It is not bragging if it is true. But thank you. Mr. Speaker, over the past several years, I have noticed, we all have noticed a…

I thank our esteemed chairman, Mr. Royce of California, as well as Mr. Kinzinger, the author of this resolution, for bringing forth this timely resolution before us. By approving this resolution, Mr. Speaker, the House will send Vladimir…

Like many Americans, I am all too familiar with Alzheimer's, having lost my mom to complications from this dreadful disease nearly 4 years ago. The Alzheimer's Association reports that over 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's…

When UNESCO admitted a nonexistent State of Palestine to its membership, it did so knowing U.S. law prohibits funding to any entity at the U.N. that grants the PLO the same status as other member states. The members of UNESCO also knew…