I have long been critical of aspects of the peace agreement with the terror group, FARC.

I thank our esteemed chairman for his years of service to our country. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to support H.R. 535, the Taiwan Travel Act, authored by my good friend and colleague, Chairman Steve Chabot. Over the years, Steve and I have…

I would like to congratulate Mark Richt, head coach of the Miami Hurricanes football team on being named the Walter Camp 2017 Coach of the Year and the ACC Coach of the Year. In only two seasons at the helm, Coach Richt has created a…

I thank our esteemed chairman for this time, and I want to thank my Florida colleague, Ted Yoho, the chairman of the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, for offering this important bill as well as for his constant friendship and…

what is universally true for all of our sanctions law is that for sanctions to be truly effective, they have got to be fully implemented, vigorously enforced.

What can we do to protect the--you know, to help OAS?

I could not be prouder of the people of Venezuela who are standing up and demanding that their voices are heard.

And this is an important and timely hearing because this an issue that Ranking Member Engel, Chairman Royce, I, and so many of our colleagues on this committee have been working on for quite some time, sanctions.

I believe that we have a moral obligation to the victims of the terror the FARC.

I am proud to rise today to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Jackson Health System. Jackson Memorial Hospital first opened its doors in south Florida a century ago as a 13-bed community hospital. In the years since, Jackson has grown to…

There are very few legislative days left this calendar year, and the House has yet to debate and vote on the Dream Act or any legislative proposal that would shield our DREAMers from deportation. The administration created an arbitrary…

I thank our esteemed leader for this time, and I rise in strong support of H.R. 4324, the Strengthening Oversight of Iran's Access to Finance Act, authored by our good friend Mr. Williams of Texas, who is swinging for the fences. When the…

This dynamic duo continues to set the standard for bipartisan cooperation in the Congress.

I thank my good friend from Colorado (Mr. Buck) for the time. I want to thank Chairman Hensarling because these bills that we are combining today came out of his committee. I want to thank him for his leadership in bringing these important…

The JCPOA was flawed. We all know that. It was weak and it was dangerous. Let's ask our constituents, our taxpayers, if they want their dollars to fund the purchase of planes for the number one state sponsor of terror. I think that the…

I would like to recognize the Miami Jewish Health Systems as they break ground on their cutting-edge memory care facility to be called the S. Donald Sussman EmpathiCare Village. This facility will serve as an essential resource to many…

Today is a bittersweet day for our office because we bid farewell to my senior foreign policy adviser and subcommittee staff director, Eddy Acevedo--a native Miami boy and a proud Nicaraguan American. For over a decade, Eddy and I have…

I would recommend that everyone on this subcommittee and on the full committee cosponsor both of them, the Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act of 2017, and Expressing the Sense of Congress with Respect to United States Policy Toward Tibet.

But on Venezuela, Mr. Speaker, it seems as if we hold a different standard, and that is unacceptable. For too long, Venezuela has been shielded from criticism and action at the U.N. by its cronies, like the equally corrupt and morally…

I thank Chairman Royce and Ranking Member Engel for their leadership in bringing this important resolution to the floor. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H. Con. Res. 90, condemning the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya and calling for an…

I thank the chairman and my good friend, Ranking Member Eliot Engel, for his hard work. I especially want to thank the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Lamborn) for offering this important bill. Sadly, as we have heard, Mr. Speaker, Taylor…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, they are even using this humanitarian crisis that they have created to defraud organizations that are looking to bring much- needed food into the country. This resolution in front of us, Mr…

I thank the chairman for the time, and I thank the ranking member for those very sweet words. Mr. Speaker, I echo what Ranking Member Engel said about my trusted staff director, Eddy Acevedo. This is his last week with us. He starts Monday…

We must stand strong in our commitment to the people of Tibet, and that is why, last month, I was proud to introduce House Concurrent Resolution 89.

2 weeks ago, a human rights activist in my native homeland of Cuba, Jorge Luis Garcia Perez, better known as Antunez, was detained in Cuba on his way to the airport. Antunez was going to speak at an event hosted by Freedom House and…