Chris Smith

The truth is the Government of Cuba represses our right to freedom of religion and association, and so we go out, participate in religious activities on Sundays and then are detained.

I could just add to that, that in the past, many Americans had to come to OFAC and seek what is called a specific license to be able to go to Cuba to engage in religious activities.

How do you plan to make sure that American travelers aren't breaking the law by staying at hotels that were confiscated from Americans?

Nothing in the recent changes changes our policy with respect to those types of drugs.

The Washington Post has done several editorials, one, Obama Gives the Castro Regime in Cuba an Undeserved Bailout.

I would have hoped, and I think we all would have hoped, that human rights concessions would have been first before being recognized diplomatically.

Dr. Biscet testified here by way of phone, and he said don't lift the embargo because you have got to get real substantive concessions.

The game they play, Madam Secretary, is that they arrest, rearrest and let out.

President Obama's Betrayal of Cuban Democrats, and the fact that we should have listened to Berta Soler.

I thank my good friend for yielding and thank her for her leadership, especially on this extremely important bill, H.R. 398, the Trafficking Awareness Training for Health Care Act of 2015. Mr. Speaker, this bill would direct grant money to…

I thank Chairman Royce for yielding me this time, and I thank him for his leadership and for marking this bill up in the last Congress. We went through it in regular order. Chairman Royce, Eliot Engel, and staff were outstanding. I also…

The Human Trafficking Prioritization Act will hold countries like China accountable by limiting to 1 year the amount of time a country can stay on the Tier 2 Watch List after the country was previously auto-downgraded to Tier 3. The Human…

I thank the gentleman from California, Chairman Royce, for his very kind words and for working to expedite the consideration of these important bills. This is an historic week in the House as we seek to pass 12 bills to fight human…

One of the things that people seem to forget here is that ObamaCare both authorizes and appropriates the money so that it is outside the purview of the HHS appropriations bill. That is why this legislation is needed. The President promised…

I thank Chairman Pitts so very much. Madam Speaker, on September 9, 2009, President Obama stood 6 feet from where I stand now, right at that podium, and told lawmakers and the American public in a specially called joint session of Congress…

I just want to remind my colleagues that H.R. 7 passed last year. It passed with an overwhelming majority. It is the same bill. It went through regular order. Hearings and a markup were held, and the legislation came through regular order…

I thank my friend for yielding and for her leadership, and for reminding us that this bill passed the House last year in identical form. The only thing changed are the dates, because obviously they had to be updated. It is a 12- page bill…

Thank you very much, Mr. Pitts. Again, I want to thank you for your leadership both at the State and, now, Federal level, especially as chairman of the committee that deals with health. Thank you so much. I yield to the gentleman from…

Thank you, Chairman Mica. I yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania, Joe Pitts, and just before I do, I note that Mr. Pitts not only chairs the Subcommittee on Health for the Energy and Commerce Committee, but prior to coming to…

Thank you very much, Mr. Latta. I yield to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Mica).

Thank you very much, Mr. Huizenga. I want to thank you, Bill, for your leadership on pro-life issues in general, but especially for your legislation that deals with the detainees issue because that could quickly emerge as a trouble spot if…

Thank you very much for sharing that very personal story, which is very touching. I now yield to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Huizenga).

Thank you very much for your kind statement, and also for your leadership both as a physician, a obstetrician, and also as a lawmaker. It has made a huge difference. I want to say that publicly. You provide insight and guidance that all of…

I thank Mr. Rothfus for his statement today. He has been a true rising star and a leader in defending the sanctity of life. I now yield to the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Roe), a physician who has delivered over 5,000 babies.

I thank the gentleman for his incisive comments and for welcoming the marchers tomorrow, which will be a great celebration of life but also a restatement of the determination we have in defending life. I now yield to the gentleman from…