We are working it through the Senate and we look forward to having that signed this year.

The Rohingya need to return to their homeland soon. The Burmese Government needs to provide them with dignity, safety, and citizenship documents.

I would like to especially welcome Mrs. Nguyen whose story I have followed for about a year.

I appreciate you having this important hearing on Human Rights in Southeast Asia: a Regional Outlook.

I want to move on to things that I hear over and over again.

We played, speaking first of Burma/Myanmar, we played, I think, an important role in the return to some form of democracy and the return of Aung San Suu Kyi to high post in Burma where she, in effect, is the civilian president.

I think we can thank the Chinese for that--extrajudicial killings in the Philippines, or rampant human trafficking in Thailand and elsewhere, these abuses are serious and continue to threaten the peace and stability of the entire region.

He should put his people ahead of his own personal pleasure or wealth.

Are we bold enough as nations that believe in democracies, liberties, and freedom to say, 'Until you change what you are doing, we are not trading with you?'

Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the gentleman yielding the time. The information you just heard there is a lot of fallacy in that. He makes it sound like the Farm Bureau is behind this. The Farm Bureau is not behind it, other than in Tennessee…

We must also ramp up our engagement on human rights.