Ted Deutch

It's that unjust and illegal invasion that has dramatically shifted the international landscape with our allies and partners around the world.

Thank you for being here, thank you for your service. Thank you for you and the Administration's leadership, especially on standing up to Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine.

Any meaningful ethics reform must include meaningful recusal reform.

It is Congress' responsibility to make laws governing the Federal Courts, which includes the Supreme Court.

I am alarmed, for example, about unanswered questions about Justice Thomas' failure to recuse from a decision...

Human rights needs to be front and center in our foreign policy.

The President signed legislation to ban imports from China's Xinjiang region, punish the Chinese Government for genocide of the Uyghurs.

I appreciated that and in particular the Secretary's participation and leadership there.

Are you representing to the Judiciary Committee that companies like iHeartMedia which earned close to 3 billion dollars is going to stop making those investments if this bill passes?

It is time that we respect music. It is time that we honor the creators of music. It is time that we treat them fairly.

I commend the work of my colleagues, Mr. Deutch and Mr. Issa, on crafting the American Music Fairness Act...

It is time to complete that project by passing another bipartisan measure, the American Music Fairness Act.

It is time for fairness in American music. That is why this legislation is so urgently needed.

So, you said it would have a dramatic impact on music airplay.

Fortunately, there's a solution to fix this injustice, the American Music Fairness Act.

American musicians didn't get paid for 'Uptown Funk.'

No one involved in the recording of 'Uptown Funk' has ever been paid by radio broadcasters who profited from their work.

Zero continues to be a number that denies hundreds of millions of dollars to our performers around the world.

I am here today to say this bill is a hand to effectively say all we are asking for is a penny.

The House, as I mentioned earlier, passed the Libya Stabilization Act, which, among other things, seeks to impose targeted sanctions on individuals who commit human rights abuses in Libya.

I hope our witnesses will confirm that tough bilateral and multilateral diplomacy has been used and will be used to pressure all outside powers involved to respect the arms embargo.

We intend to continue to maintain our focus to ensure that post-election, we move toward a unified Libya with a government that functions well without the outside intervention of military groups.

I think that continuing to support and work with the Libyan people and the Libyan leadership in their often-stated, publicly stated, desire we want all foreign forces out.

The bill demonstrates Congress' interest in ending foreign intervention, consolidating Libya's political gains, and encouraging long-term peace and stability.

I commend the Libyan people and their representatives for taking these important and necessary steps.