The AUMF is meaningless and our discussion at this hearing and many other hearings is meaningless unless the War Powers Act is binding on the Administration.

It is outrageous that Xi Jinping will be at the United Nations on September 27 speaking about gender quality and equal rights for women when, in China, the Chinese women and girls are discriminated against like no other group of people in the world.

Xi Jinping in a week will be at the United Nations talking about equal rights for women when he ought to be at The Hague being held for crimes against humanity and crimes against women for what he has done and continues to do to his own women.

I want to thank Representative Stauber for introducing H.R. 1657, the Lake Winnibigoshish Land Exchange Act for 2023.

Exposure and the prosecution of these people is absolutely critical.

I would hope that during the confirmation hearing of the new Ambassador, Mark Toner, that these questions come up about ritualistic killings and what is the U.S. policy.

I want to note for the record Karen Bass and I did a full reauthorization 2 years ago.

In my entire life, this is one of the most or the worst experience I have seen...

Later this week I will be reintroducing the reauthorization of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act.

For three years, I tried to get a bill passed to stop organ harvesting. It was bipartisan.

having that comfort that comes with it.