Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the chairman's leadership on this. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the three promises, 3-month initiative that you have outlined here, and I think it is so important that we follow through with this. I…

Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor the life and legacy of Gainesville's native son, Mr. Tom Petty. Thomas Earl Petty was born on October 20, 1950, and, over a career that spanned five decades, collected 28 top 10 hits, the most of all time. But…

This is a bad deal. And we are talking about if we don't stand up to this.

We have a Commander in Chief that says what he means, and he is going to stand up.

The era of strategic patience as far as the diplomatic and negotiating policy or foreign diplomacy I think was a mistake of the last administration.

How effective would it be if we were to suspend foreign aid until Burma allowed the U.N. inspectors in the Rakhine State?

Finally, I think that we have to keep demonstrating to the Burmese leadership that it is in their interest to settle the issues inside their country so the country can get on with peaceful development and a better future for its own people.

We don't need to study. We need action.

Never again will we see these atrocities, whether it is in Nazi Germany, whether it is in Rwanda, any other place where we see genocide.

You guys need to get your act together. These are crimes against humanity.

Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``Yea'' on rollcall No. 538. Stated against: