On the recordMay 17, 2017
I also thank Chairman Royce and Ranking Member Engel for supporting this bipartisan resolution and moving it through the Foreign Affairs Committee. I especially want to thank Congresswoman Torres for her leadership as a true champion on this issue and helping us all understand the importance of this. This resolution makes it clear that the United States strongly supports the anticorruption efforts in the Northern Triangle of Central America. Already, officials across the region are making headway. The attorney general of Guatemala, in particular, has made progress in taking on corruption at the highest levels of government. This resolution will reinforce support for these efforts in the region and will send a clear message to the millions of people who live in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras that the United States wants them to have a safe country, free of corrupt officials who steal from them. By supporting the efforts of our allies to fight corruption, it is my hope that these governments will continue to promote respect for the rule of law, thereby making it better for residents to live, work, and raise a family in their homelands.
