I am glad the committee has included the key components of my Iran Proxies Terrorist Sanction Act and Mr. Kinzinger's bill.

The people of Venezuela are hungering for democracy and they are starving for food, and so this is fastly becoming a dramatic humanitarian crisis the region, propelled and pushed by the Maduro dictatorship.

Congressman Donovan spearheaded a hearing which this subcommittee held on the future of democracy and governance in Liberia.

I'd like to thank Mr. Dan Donovan, a valued member of our Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights.

I also want to single out the extraordinary work of our PEPFAR coordinator, Ambassador Deborah Birx.

I want to thank my lead Democratic sponsor Barbara Lee for her commitment to extending PEPFAR.

Iran's control over and ties to political and military groups in Iraq flies in the face of these critical objectives and undermines Iraq's ability to ever be able to fully be independent and secure.

A government must be able to exercise control over the use of force within its borders, and the political parties and representatives in a country must be loyal, first and foremost, to their country and their people.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of my bill, H.R. 5585, to reauthorize the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission for another decade. One of President John F. Kennedy's first acts was…

Aung San Suu Kyi... has completely failed in any way to speak out against this violence.

I think this has been a very informative hearing and I think you surfaced many, many bits of information about this because of your firsthand knowledge of being there.