For 30 years, Hezbollah has remained Iran's proxy and Iran remains Hezbollah's primary source of financial support--a cozy relationship. In April 2015, its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, boasted that, even under sanctions, Iran still funds…

I would like to highlight the 2017 Miami Walk to End Alzheimer's that will take place at Museum Park in downtown Miami on Saturday, November 4. Alzheimer's is a devastating disease that impacts over 54,000 seniors in my county of Miami…

It is with my deepest sympathy that I rise today to recognize the tragic loss of Sergeant La David Terrence Johnson, one of four brave U.S. Special Forces soldiers--and you see them here listed--killed during an ambush in Niger on October…

I would like to encourage my colleagues to support the Care Corps Demonstration Act. By the year 2030, there will be more than 72 million older Americans. As they age, many of these seniors will require long-term support and services…

As we continue to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month and the many contributions of our vibrant community throughout our country, I would like to bring attention to a bill that I have sponsored that would permanently showcase the history and…

I urge my colleagues to cosponsor the Protecting Seniors During Disasters Act, which I introduced with my colleague, Congresswoman Lois Frankel of Florida. The horrific deaths of 14 seniors in a Florida nursing home facility in the…

I ask for my colleagues' support for the Senior Citizen Protection Act, which I introduced along with my friend, Congressman Brad Schneider. Seniors are valued members of our society, and we must do everything we can to ensure that they…

our subcommittee looks forward to working with you in evolving U.S. policy toward Lebanon.

It is abundantly clear that at this point this fanciful notion that if only we come to a nuclear agreement with Iran first, then Iran would be willing to engage on the rest of its illicit activity has proven to be just that, fanciful.

we look forward to hearing from you in a classified setting to know the efforts that we are undertaking to seek the liberation of United States permanent resident Nizar Zakka.

How much is Embassy Beirut spending? Are we involved in helping governance, the rule of law, civil society, pro-Western political parties?

Nicaragua continues to offer its unconditional support to Nicolas Maduro and his dictatorial regime in Venezuela. And according to congressional testimony, Venezuela's entity, PDVSA, has also used its subsidiary in Nicaragua, which is…

I thank Chairman Royce; Ranking Member Engel; and, in this case, especially Congressman Albio Sires, the ranking member of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, for once again helping to bring another important bipartisan Foreign…

As early as March 6, 2018, hundreds of thousands of young immigrants, who are as American as you, could be forced to leave our great country. The United States is their home, and the DACA program has afforded these DREAMers the opportunity…

The tragic announcement made by the Trump administration to kill the DACA program is heartbreaking, reckless, and wrong. This decision means that our country is turning its back on 800,000 young, hardworking immigrants who only know…

I hope that our colleagues will indeed stand with us. I hope that this resolution sends a strong message to Iran that this practice will not be tolerated. And I hope that it sends a strong message to our own administration that Congress is…

I thank Chairman Royce, as well as my good friend, the ranking member, Mr. Engel, for their help in bringing H. Res. 317 to the floor today and for their tireless efforts to hold the Iranian regime accountable for all of its illicit…

I oppose loans at international financial institutions for the Government of Nicaragua unless they hold free elections.

H.R. 1918, the Nicaraguan Investment Conditionality Act (NICA) of 2017 is a bipartisan bill that I authored alongside my colleague, Albio Sires.

I would like to highlight the Care Corps Demonstration Act, a bill that Congresswoman Michelle Lujan Grisham and I will be introducing this week. Every year, millions of seniors and individuals with disabilities find themselves in need of…

I would like to congratulate Log Cabin Republicans as it celebrates 40 years of advocating and advancing equality and justice for LGBT Americans. Formed by a small group of LGBT conservatives in California, Log Cabin Republicans emerged to…

Last night I was proud to present my legislative director, Gabriella Boffelli, with the Vermillion Award of the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute, CHLI, named after the late Steve Vermillion, the former chief of staff to…

Today I rise to commemorate the 23rd anniversary of the bombing in Buenos Aires, Argentina, of the Jewish Community Center, also known as AMIA. This cowardly terrorist attack killed 85 people, with hundreds more injured. Yet, nearly 25…

Today I rise to commend a constituent, Nina Vaca, for the humanitarian effort she has undertaken in her home country of Ecuador. On April 16, 2016, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake devastated Ecuador. You can see the devastation still today. It…

Representatives Ros-Lehtinen, Clarke, Love, and I led a bipartisan letter to the Appropriations Committee rejecting this proposed cut.