Chris Smith

It is long overdue for a comprehensive investigation and review, and I urge the HHS OIG to look closely to determine whether it has violated federal standards for federal funding recipients.

We write to request that the Office of Inspector General (OIG) review and, if appropriate, initiate an investigation into the activities of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. and the organization's affiliates.

Thank God we had a Senate that said, ‘You know, forget it. You’re not going to get these bills.’

It could jeopardize the whole future of high-energy physics.

If the U.S. also retreats due to limits on working with foreign scientists, it could jeopardize the whole future of high-energy physics.

I would add that the gentlewoman's husband, Scott, is a tremendous leader and head of National Right to Life.

Abortion is not healthcare unless one construes the life of an unborn child to be analogous to a tumor to be excised or a disease to be vanquished. I appeal to my colleagues: Don't ignore or trivialize the battered victim in the womb…

We must act now, and we must act decisively. The lives of so many lie in the balance.

This bill is going to lead to exploitation of minors, exploitation of children.

They will drop out. You have priced them out of higher education.

It is the absolute critical node on their path to sovereignty, security, and sustained democracy.

Our goal with that assistance was to help Moldova break its decades-long dependence on Russia when it comes to the energy assistance.

They are constitutionally, as you know, a neutral country. But they have been a member of the Partnership for Peace for 30 years.

We have directed funding from the supplementals for Ukraine to Moldova.

As President Sandu has stated herself, the defenders of Ukraine are not just defending Ukraine. They are defending Moldova and they are defending Europe.

Since Russia's full-scale invasion our FMF budget for Moldova has increased tenfold.

They are trying to undermine turnout by, again, spreading false information that somehow Moldova will be dragged into the war in Ukraine if Moldovans were to support the EU referendum.

They use social media and they also use programming on Russian-controlled television and Russian-controlled media that is broadcast from Russia.

The funds emanate from Russian-backed oligarchs, including Mr. Shor, who you mentioned in your opening statement.

We see very clear action by the Russians to undermine this upcoming election and the referendum.

Under the constant threat of Russian aggression, interference, and disinformation, and with the prospect of EU membership hanging in the balance, there is much at stake for our partners in Moldova and for the United States in a region that…

I offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 1172 Resolved, That the House has heard with profound sorrow of the death of the Honorable Donald M. Payne, Jr., a…

I ask everyone to join us in a moment of silent prayer for our deceased colleague. ____________________

The APEC Summit in my opinion was a shameless kowtowing to Xi Jinping.