We hope, you know, that an Ambassador is named soon for religious freedom who can begin to advance these ideas.

I would like to thank the chairman of the full committee, Chairman Royce, for his leadership and his kind words but, really, for bringing forth this bill so that the American people can, once again, unify against what we all know is a…

So you are not meeting your milestones. So he would be correct.

negotiating for Meriam's release, with financial or other concessions, is not something that is on the table.

This is defining day. It is a defining day for America. Are we willing to stand up and say enough is enough?

It is about protecting freedom for all of its citizens, and that is the wisdom of the International Religious Freedom Act.

it is critical that we stand on those foundations of upholding religious liberty.

Whenever the IG is doing an investigation, I think it is important to cooperate with it and not interfere with it.

If you stipulate you have 10 times as many as the industry average, that would be an anomaly.

The silence that so often is deafening cannot be something that we tolerate.

Lois Lerner's laptop was a new laptop, it was not an old one.

is this a day where truly religious freedoms of all faiths are going to be upheld and valued in America?