I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act…

I was unable to participate in the following votes. If I had been present, I would have voted as follows: Rollcall vote 308: on ordering the previous question to H. Res. 288-- I would have voted ``aye.'' Rollcall vote 309: on agreeing to…

It's disturbing to note that we've got so much waste, fraud and abuse and yet, we still don't even really know the full extent of what happened there.

But I want to just say thank you for highlighting this. And the chairman is correct; when we highlight things, it may not pass in legislation, but we do see a difference, truly, in terms of other programs that are discretionary in terms of…

that is huge because there are those that will sign on to a piece of legislation based on the humanitarian aspect of it, but there is another group that will sign on based on the economic benefit.

we are having to spend major economic dollars to go into these countries in Africa and Central Asia and other places, that we could hopefully reduce our long-term economic support if we increase that ability.

The chairman has been a strong, unflinching voice for those that, many times, never have a voice here on Capitol Hill.

I do not ever bluff, so let me ask you this. When does threaten and when does consequences to actions--because too many times we threaten without resolve.

The United States must remain committed to monitoring the continued violation of the rule of law by the Chinese Government.

Let the message be one that we will not yield until this is dealt with.

The Chinese Government is responsible for 50 to 80 percent of global theft of intellectual property, hurting American businesses and costing American jobs.

Exactly. So what you are saying is to have real consequences that we are committed to, regardless of the circumstances of implementing.