Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the resolution. I would like to begin by thanking Representative Smith for sponsoring H. Res. 128, which expresses support for human rights and…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, first off, I would like to say, as the chairman mentioned in the previous resolution that we discussed, Mr. Royce is leaving us at the end of this term, and I would like…

Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Ellison), who is an original cosponsor of this legislation.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself as much time as I may consume for the purpose of closing. Mr. Speaker, I will note that Chairman Royce has been a big factor in moving this forward, and when I give thanks to Mr. Smith and over 100 more…

I think this boils down to we can't be expecting all of you to do more, and we are going to have to do more the way the cycle of climate change is going, with less.

I think that it will be important when some of our Western allies implement national security-based investment laws as well.

Civil society, the rule of law, and the focus of our hearing this afternoon--women--are integral to our success in countering the terrorist threats we face today.

Far too often, women don't know or trust who they can go to with that information or, worse yet, when some of them brought their concerns to law enforcement, they are ignored.

By consistently failing to meaningfully engage women in combating terrorism and extremism, we are failing to not only address part of the problem but we are failing to pursue a whole new range of solutions.

Quite frankly, in 2001 no one imagined how much the threat of terrorism would, indeed, change.

We do not have a global ambassador for women's issues, which is a serious lack on our part.