"During my time in Congress, my colleagues and I have repeatedly striven to hold the government of Myanmar accountable for its ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya."
"I look forward to this hearing--from hearing from each of you in how the United States can better save this population and hold the government of Myanmar accountable for its abuses."
"Conditions for the Rohingya worsened to a horrific extent several years ago when the region erupted into full-scale, State-sponsored violence, killing tens of thousands and forcing over 700,000 to fle..."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And I appreciate all the witnesses' testimony."
"Let's be clear: what is happening in Myanmar toward the Rohingya is State-sponsored genocide, period."
"These attacks are tawdry. I mean, they are just cheap shots that aren't going to solve any problems."
"We need to come together with policies that we can pass in a bipartisan manner."
"we as a Nation need to invoke these other nations."
"American tax dollars should not fund any kind of foreign assistance going to regimes responsible for disenfranchising over a billion of its own people."
"the best thing I think we can do as a Nation is economic pressure."
"We need to continue that because we are focusing on what is best for America, and if we do that things work out a lot better instead of dividing."