Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

With significant leadership by the United States, the United Nations was founded on high ideals.

Well, China hasn't used the nuclear option since it first started talking about it.

China's trade dependence on us gives us enormous leverage.

Well, ladies and gentlemen, this morning there are no mountains to shield us.

China has an economy that is geared to selling things to us.

I think that most Americans misperceive the economic relationship between the United States and China.

We figured that will destroy our country.

I would like to congratulate US1 Radio on celebrating 30 years on the air. For many residents, US1 provides the soundtrack for the Keys. Since 1989, US1 Radio has been the most listened to radio station in the Florida Keys. The station…

I am delighted to wish a happy bat mitzvah to a wonderful young lady in my congressional district, Alix Klein. She recently celebrated her bat mitzvah surrounded by family and friends and chose to mark the occasion with more than just a…

Tomorrow I will be cohosting a briefing to honor the courage and the sacrifice of those struggling for freedom in Cuba. In the last few months, the regime has only stepped up its vicious repression. Orlando Zapata Tamayo, a courageous…

After 111 years under the U.S. flag, our founding principles dictate that the people of Puerto Rico be allowed to determine their political future in a fair and orderly vote sponsored by the Federal Government. And it is for those reasons…

In closing, I would like to build on something that our colleague from California (Mr. Hunter) had said earlier about the need to fight and defeat the enemy in Afghanistan so that our children or our grandchildren don't have to. Our men…

The emphasis should always be to make sure that it is a transparent, accountable system of aid that is not corrupted by officials in the West Bank and Gaza.

We need to find places where we can slow down or freeze spending.

We are now borrowing at a rate of about $4 billion a day to keep our Government in operation.

The debt created in the next year alone will equal an additional $4,000.00 owed by every man, woman, and child in the United States.

I commend you for an exemplary USAID mission in Haiti.

The cause for freedom suffered a deep loss yesterday with the death of political prisoner Orlando Zapata Tamayo, the latest victim of the Cuban tyranny. And today we sadly commemorate the 1996 murder by the Cuban regime of Carlos Costa…

We have all been deeply moved by the outpouring of support that we have seen from communities across the United States. Unsurprisingly, the Haitian American community has shown invaluable leadership in the aftermath of last week's tragic…

As I searched for the words to honor and remember Paula Nowakowski, the journey led me to former President Reagan. President Reagan was an inspiration for Paula the professional, the strategist, the conservative, and, most importantly…

I hope that we focus on the public diplomacy in Latin America.

This will help ensure that those who have abused the very populations that they have been sent to protect are not simply recycled to other missions.

I hope that today's session marks the beginning of a series of hearings and a comprehensive review of real U.N. reform.

Promoting reform at the United Nations has been among my highest priorities for this committee.

Mr. Speaker, in conclusion, I would like to note that this 225th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Paris, the declaration in that treaty of the intention of both the U.S. and the United Kingdom to forget all past…