Jeff Fortenberry: “How are we defining the gap? How are we closing the gap?”

China's development strategy, frankly, is this: It is predatory lending, it is resource extraction, and it is payment to authoritarian regimes.

I would like you to just find a pathway to help us get that done.

There is another issue that I am compelled to speak about regarding spending here. It is called the Hyde amendment. The Hyde amendment prevents taxpayer money for abortion, and this has remained a bipartisan compact in this institution for…

I thank the gentleman from Virginia for yielding. Mr. Speaker, you might notice a little smile on my face. Honestly, as I was walking over here to speak on the bill, I was reflecting on my own life as a father. I have five children. When…