I first heard about mitochondrial diseases, which are fatal, from my chief of staff, Art Estopinan, who, together with his lovely wife Olgita, have been caring for their baby after he was diagnosed with TK2 mitochondrial DNA depletion…

Thank you so much to the great gentleman from the wonderful State of Texas. And I'm so glad that the gentleman brings up the word ``bipartisan'' to describe what we just witnessed, very heartfelt testimony. But, Mr. Speaker, we have a lot…

I would like to take a minute today to recognize a remarkable south Florida organization, the Puerto Rican Bar Association of Florida, that will soon be celebrating its 10th-year anniversary in Miami. Over the past 10 years, the…

Allowing the Castros to go unaccountable sends a terrible message to allies like Panama.

For decades the Castros have harbored fugitives from U.S. justice including convicted cop killer Joanne Chesimard.

As we know, the Castro regime is and always has been a supporter, a facilitator of terrorism.

This is a time for the administration to hold the Castro regime accountable for its actions.

It's obvious they were lying to the international community to hide the fact that the final destination was North Africa in violation of U.N. sanctions.

This weapons proliferation violation in our own hemisphere poses a direct threat to our national security interest.

Both North Korea and Cuba were in clear violation of U.N. sanctions yet neither nation has suffered any consequences from this act.

This is unacceptable and it is appalling.

I thank the chairman. They cannot negotiate this when they're constantly watching the clock, which I should have done as well. Passing this bill will give them the much-needed time to focus on the negotiations and finally come to a…

Who gave that stand-down order?

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, in closing, I want to thank our esteemed chairman, Mr. Ed Royce of California, and our committee's ranking member, Mr. Eliot Engel of New York, for their work on this…

Really? Who believes this?

I thank our gracious chairman for the time. I rise in full support of H.R. 2449, an important bipartisan bill that will extend the U.S.-South Korea civilian nuclear energy agreement for another 2 years. South Korea is indeed an important…

It is indeed pathetic that still no one has been held accountable for the disastrous decisions that were made at the State Department before, during and after this terrorist attack.

I thank our esteemed chairman for this privilege to speak about an important bill before us. I would like to commend Senator Bob Menendez, my dear friend from New Jersey, for introducing this pivotal bill, an important bipartisan bill, to…

In this time of great need was the President missing in action?

we need only look no further than Cuba, where 11 million continue to be oppressed by the brutal Castro regime

In Venezuela and Nicaragua, millions were deprived of their basic democratic freedoms through fraudulent elections.

We have been aware of Assad's chemical weapons stockpile for years, yet we failed to hold him accountable.

With members of the Arab League so eager for U.S. participation, have they offered to offset any of the costs associated with this action?

Had the United States been taking a more proactive role in Syria by instituting strict sanctions against Assad's regime it may have changed his calculations on the use of chemical weapons.

What are our objectives in limited and targeted air strikes? What does degradation look like?