Chris Smith

I thank Dr. Harris for his extraordinarily eloquent remarks. Madam Speaker, I yield back the remainder of my time. ____________________

I will just say a couple of words, and then I will yield to my good friend, Dr. Harris. Madam Speaker, doctors today routinely diagnose and treat a myriad of conditions, illnesses, and diseases suffered by society's littlest…

I thank Mr. Bergman for being here on the Special Order. We are so proud to have him on the Pro-Life Caucus. I thank him for his leadership. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Davidson), from Ohio's Eighth Congressional…

I thank Mr. Weber very much for his very strong comments. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Bergman), my good friend and colleague.

I thank the chairman for his leadership. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Weber).

I thank Mr. Fortenberry for those very eloquent comments. To our colleagues and to those watching this at home, I think he really has touched a chord. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Chabot). Madam Speaker, Mr…

I thank Dr. Marshall very much for his comments and, again, for his leadership. I am so glad to have him here. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Allen).

I thank the gentlewoman for her very eloquent remarks. I yield to the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. Marshall).

Tomorrow, tens of thousands of Americans will rally in favor of life, because we have a moral duty to defend the weakest and most vulnerable. I will have a little more to say later on in the Special Order. But it is my distinct privilege…

I thank Mr. McCaul for yielding and for his very strong support of this legislation. And Eliot Engel, the new chairman, I thank him as well. I thank Brad Schneider for being the original Democratic cosponsor. This is a bipartisan bill. In…

As prime author of the landmark Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA), it is an honor to present the new Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act. This bipartisan bill--and I thank…

I am the prime sponsor of that bill and was very happy to do so.

I was the House sponsor of the Global Magnitsky Act.

One of the things that was so appalling in South Sudan was the theft of food and medicine, but particularly food, intended for the most disadvantaged.

I was here when Henry Hyde sat in this chair and led the effort to do the original President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.

I think it would send a very clear and a very positive message.

The higher the visibility, I think, shown by other governments toward this election, the better.

I have never seen one as hyperactive and as actively involved in following these events day to day.

I think that we should have been much more aggressive on that and I would hope the Ethiopian Government, the current government, moves on this problem because we have an American family whose property is not being returned.

I would hope that we learn from that, that we should really be supporting reformers as came to power in Ethiopia via a people's movement.

I think one of the worst things that we have done in our country in terms of Africa is when our government suggested to Ethiopia that they could negate and they could just ignore the arbitration of the fight between Ethiopia and Eritrea.

We know that China is attacking the dollar as the world's reserve currency and of course if that goes our ability to hold countries to account is diminished.

The festering crisis in Cameroon, Ambassador Nagy, you had said that the last thing we need is a growing radicalization in response to the actions of security forces.

I want to join Eliot Engel and other members of the committee in thanking you for your extraordinary leadership especially on Africa.

We simply cannot let that happen.