First, after my remarks, I will place into the Record letters between the chairmen of the committees of referral on this bill. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 4587, the Venezuelan Human Rights and Democracy Protection Act…

In closing, Mr. Speaker, I want to, again, thank Ms. Meng for her wonderful leadership role in this and many other pieces of legislation going through our Foreign Affairs Committee and commend Mr. Collins, as well, for this blow against…

I think it is the right thing for the United States to sanction human rights violators that have killed so many in Venezuela.

I believe it is only prudent for the U.S. to continue to seek and push extradition of high value criminals.

I hope that in the same way you helped with Jon Hammar that you help out with Andrew's case.

I was pleased to join Mr. Vargas and Mr. Duncan Hunter in a letter to the Embassy in Mexico, asking that this hero be helped out in his sad situation.

I am proud to join my colleagues this month of May to observe Lupus Awareness Month, a time where we work to increase public understanding of this cruel mystery. Affecting approximately 28,000 people in my south Florida community and…

And they have been marching with a clear call; they are calling for the respect for human rights and democracy to really take hold in their nation.

For 3 months now, as both of the gentlemen have explained, the Maduro regime in Venezuela has committed grave human rights violations as it seeks to muzzle the students who are peaceful.

It is interesting that this says that the Democrats are fundraising off GOP fundraising off Benghazi. It is a very interesting article, and I hope that all of our colleagues will look at it. It is an article, and it says: Contribute now…

This legislation imposes targeted sanctions on those individuals who have carried out human rights abuses or who ordered the violence against those peaceful protesters.

So far, there have been over 40 people killed, nearly 60 reported cases of torture, more than 2,000 people unjustly detained, hundreds more injured.

H.R. 4587, the Venezuela and Human Rights and Democracy Promotion Act, authored by Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen.

I thank Chairman Sessions for his inspiring leadership on the Rules Committee on every issue, but most especially as he spearheaded the creation of this select committee on Benghazi to examine what happened, what led to this attack, and…

As we continue to celebrate National Foster Care Month, I would like to recognize the dedicated foster families, social workers, and service providers for their work to support the nearly 400,000 youth who are part of our country's foster…

To say that this task was one better suited for Sisyphus would be an understatement.

I fully expect Secretary Kerry and the administration to enforce the letter of the law.

Secretary Kerry's faith that Abu Mazen and the PLO could sit down with Israel this time was misplaced.

I will continue to do everything in my power to ensure that it does not get this authority.

I would like to congratulate the team from Hebrew Academy in South Florida for winning this year's National Council of Synagogue Youth JUMP competition. Schools across the country were charged with creating events related to Israel…

Along with my colleagues Lois Capps and Ted Deutch, I introduced the Truth in Advertising Act, a bill that could help reduce the negative health impact of photoshopped images in advertising. Photoshopped ads can promote unrealistic…

No U.S. Government money will go into any government that includes Hamas until Hamas accepts the quartet conditions.

I am delighted to wish a happy and healthy 85th birthday to Sister Jeanne O'Laughlin. For 23 years, Sister Jeanne served as the fifth president at Barry University, and made it the fourth-largest private university in my home State of…

We should send a message by visiting him.

The Cuban people have been suffering under the Castro dictatorship for more than 50 years; not because of U.S. policy.