this is one of the world's largest human rights tragedies.

I want to thank my colleagues for their good work.

We have come together on this issue. And I want to emphasize that point.

China's final solution to the Uyghurs is disturbingly clear and simple.

Any U.S. or international company working in or with suppliers in Xinjiang should reconsider whether they want to be producing products in a region where there is evidence that crimes against humanity are being committed.

China claims that these sprawling camps with barbed wire and armed guard towers are humane vocational training centers. This is a lie.

As you begin to draft this year's appropriations bill, I encourage you to provide critical funding for important conservation programs that preserve this country's rich history and natural beauty.

I ask that the committee fully fund the National Park Service and encourage NPS to enter into a cooperative agreement for the coming fiscal year.

This Congress has made significant progress in protecting our public lands and spaces, in large part thanks to the leadership of this committee.

I am also grateful for the one-time increase of $250,000 to upgrade the Congressional Executive Commission on China Prisoner Database.

I also want to thank you for the strong language directing the State Department to coordinate across all U.S. agencies the release of all relevant files or documents related to the 1981 El Mozote massacre in El Salvador.

Thank you to Norma Torres, my colleague on the Rules Committee as well.

I assure you, we are doing everything we can to get it updated and upgraded.

Resolving this case would be a tremendous step in breaking impunity and advancing justice in El Salvador.

The whole point of compiling a list of political prisoners is to make sure that people know the extent of China's brutality.

They are trying to destroy Tibetan culture, and now interjecting themselves in who will be the next Dalai Lama.

We want to make this user friendly so that people have access to this relatively easily.

I just want to thank you for all the incredible work that you have done on behalf of vulnerable people all over the world.

We are moving in the right direction, I can assure you of that.

I respectfully would disagree that they are making the progress on the drug front that we all hope.

We are concerned about what is happening China with regard to the treatment of Uyghurs.

I want to thank you for designating $1 million to support CONABUSQUEDA, which is an organization that I helped establish.

Clean, safe water is a right for every person in this country, and I am asking this committee to continue to support the highest possible funding for both the Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds.

I appreciate the committee's previous efforts to highlight the uniqueness of Conte, and I am grateful for any further efforts that might better prioritize or direct funds to the refuge.

With the 2020 elections fast approaching, we must act with a sense of urgency to protect our democracy and defend our Constitution.