Donald Manzullo

This is a triumph for the idealism of the Burmese people, and they did not succumb to the type of mass bloodshed

I championed the cause of freedom in Burma not because it was politically advantageous, but because it was the right thing to do.

The question that we face today is whether these activities of the past year represent real reform or modest window dressing.

We must never forget a people who, at no fault of their own, have been deprived of so much.

The story of Burma is a heartbreaking tale of needless suffering and unnecessary sorrow.

Our increased engagement with the Burmese Government must be accompanied by a push for engagement with civil society.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. First of all, the doctors that I talk to--the experts themselves, not the lobbyists in Washington--I talk to them on a continuous basis. They're very upset with more regulations. And NFIB is behind the…

For our veterans, and for their families, it is well past time for a full accounting, which this resolution calls for.

Families all throughout this great country still do not have the closure they deserve after so many years, and it is time that North Korea told the truth about their whereabouts.

The legacy of the Korean War reverberates 61 years later, with a nuclear-armed North Korea still menacing peaceful nations.

We are borrowing money from China to give back to China to improve industrial energy efficiency, which will then drive down production costs to Chinese firms.

This is just absolutely misguided thinking.

Why can't China, a nation with the world's second largest economy, use its own funds?

Even more troubling, our national debt is dangerously high at over $14.9 trillion.

I would invite anyone at USAID to come to a town hall and stand in front of American taxpayers and say, 'Giving foreign aid to China is a good idea.'

We are borrowing money from China to give it to China to do stuff that the Chinese don't think is important enough to pay for.

Most Americans have a very difficult time, especially in my district, understanding [foreign aid].

The idea that we would give foreign aid to China is an insult to the American taxpayer and shows an incredible lack of understanding of the new world by anyone who would suggest it.

Then why is the U.S. taxpayer paying for this?

Well, I understand that. You don't need us to tell you that spending taxpayers' money on programs called 'Sex, Drugs, Rock and Roll, and Wildlife' is outrageous.

Can't you see why Congress is angry over the way you are spending money?

Most Americans have a very difficult time understanding foreign aid.

It is not self-sustaining when you are asking the taxpayers to pony up $1 million.

It seems to me that giving the Chinese Government American aid at the expense of the American taxpayer to try and force compliance is an ill-advised strategy.

It is absurd to think that any U.S. Government entity would spend a single dollar trying to encourage China to do the right thing.