Tom Lantos: “What separates Bulgaria from many of its neighbors is its deeply ingrained sense of religious and ethnic tolerance.”

Unless I get the full funding back, I intend to speak to the secretary of state. And I have every expectation that she will come through. She's a very intelligent woman.

I am pleased to yield 4\1/2\ minutes to my friend and colleague from Texas, Sheila Jackson-Lee. (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to revise and extend her remarks.)

I pointed out to him that gestures are not enough, that with the enormous leverage China has over Burma, China must take serious, substantive measures to compel the Government of Burma to give back the freedom to its own people and her…

I was shaken by what I discovered. In my view, the Lebanese government fully understands that the flow of weapons from Syria and Iran to Hezbollah must end or they will once again find their nation at war not of their own making.