I am excited to speak on behalf of H.R. 5105, the BUILD Act, and urge its passage in this Chamber. Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank Chairman Royce, Ranking Member Engel, Ranking Member Sherman, and my lead cosponsor, Adam Smith of…

I just met the wife of one of them, a professor of Turkish studies named Andrei Kubatin...

We don't want that, but I mean, we want the safeguards there.

I think it shows, again, the value of pressure, the value of speaking out...

On freedom of religion I should mention that because we have a visit coming up by the U.S. ambassador for international religious freedom...

I want to build off of what Albio Sires says, and I agree with his sentiment that the West, the Western Hemisphere, the democracy is falling down.

We have been talking about this for 20, 30 years, but we are not getting the results.

There has got to be a paradigm shift. We have got to do something different.

we must not let this crisis create a trend in Latin America by allowing Nicaragua to follow the path of authoritarian governments like Cuba and Venezuela.

So far, approximately, my understanding is approximately 300 people have been killed and anywhere from 1,000 to 1,500 or more injured.

Ortega is a bad player. And the people can't respond because of the form of government he has.

This is not a trade war recently started by President Trump. This has been going on.