I want to thank the gentleman for yielding to me. Mr. Chairman, when the gentleman from Florida is talking about this issue, I think all of us should be very, very concerned. I will tell you I think that the gentleman from Florida has been…

The authorization for this program expires this year, Mr. Chairman. Frankly, there are many questions, and it is not really clear whether or not the next authorization would accommodate this funding fee level. I understand the…

I want to thank the gentleman, again, for his passion for this issue and for talking to me about this issue, and I look forward to continuing to work with the gentleman. Obviously, all of us know that there is never anything, there is…

I am glad this amendment is here. President Obama said--and he said this a while ago--that his policies are to help promote the Cuban people's independence from Cuban authorities. Now, no one can claim that the Cuban military and the Cuban…

I first need to commend and thank Chairman Price for all of his hard work in putting this budget resolution together. This is a rare occasion on this floor. It has been a long time since we have had a budget agreement, and it is not an…

I actually came here to thank Chairman Simpson for putting together this great bill, a responsible bill and, again, for putting up with me and working with me on issues dealing with Everglades restoration. I don't have to tell anybody here…

Let me first thank you, Madam Chairwoman, for your leadership. As we heard tonight, your leadership in the cause of freedom does not stop at the shores of Cuba. Wherever there is repression and oppression, there is the clear concise voice…

I thank the gentlewoman from Florida and also Mr. Kinzinger, the sponsor for this fine resolution. In 1 minute I have one very simple thing to say. It is time that we recognize who we are dealing with here. I know that it is easy and it is…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Speaker, I rise to support this short-term continuing resolution. This CR simply keeps the government funded at the current fiscal year rate, which is, by the way, in line with the Ryan-Murray budget agreement…

On rollcall No. 337 I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill. Under clause 10 of rule XX, the yeas and nays are ordered. The yeas and…

I also rise in support of this important resolution, the Venezuelan Human Rights and Democracy Protection Act. I first, Mr. Speaker, want to start by thanking my dear friend, a tireless champion for human rights and democracy around the…

For the last several weeks, the people of Venezuela have risen up to protest the corruption, the food shortages, the soaring crime rates, and particularly, the alarming repression in Venezuela. Mr. Speaker, since the protests began, more…