I also co-chair the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission in Colombia, and currently Colombia is the deadliest place in the world for rights defenders.
I want Colombia to succeed. And I think we need to put pressure on this new government in the area of making sure that t...
the level of attacks and murders of rights defenders is astonishingly high.
I urge the committee to take a hardline with the State Department on what determines effective steps to reduce attacks a...
I have a lot of constituents too who have been victims of this--of all these drugs coming into our country.
And no wall and no barrier and no new restrictions in our asylum laws will prevent families from fleeing until the root ...
I think a strong message from this committee that we are watching and that we are not happy with any attempts to withdra...
I think it ought not to be used, as I think this Administration is contemplating using it, as a leverage.
The debt limit is a phony political issue that we get wrapped around the axle.
I think that is not honest budgeting, not only for this generation, but for generations to come.
I have told Secretary Mnuchin that I am for a clean debt limit extension, and I will vote for it.