"I stand with the LGBT community in Chechnya, and Chechnya's LGBT cleansing must stop."
"I hope that this is a wakeup call for President Trump to defend and acknowledge LGBT lives across the world."
"As the borders of the global market keep expanding, it is crucial that small business can benefit from this expansion and be competitive in a variety of arenas."
"And in fact, we saw the Chinese and the Russians, Iran, and even radical groups like Hezbollah establish themselves right in the region because of our benign neglect."
"I think I can say safely, Mr. Chairman, that this committee has a bipartisan position in support of full funding for the State Department."
"Certainly, I concur with the witnesses and I thank you for your testimony, that the political instability in Latin America and the Caribbean has been a major hurdle for economic development, in genera..."
"We sort of like turned our heads, we fell asleep at the wheel. We have this attitude of benign neglect for the region that has allowed for these new scenarios to develop which have contributed to adve..."
"I am also proud to lend my support for the Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2017."
"The American people have this to learn: 'Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy t..."
"I am asking President Trump to reverse his course on the executive order and to come to Congress with a long-term foreign policy strategy on Syria."
"we are in the crossroad where we have not heard from the administration with proposing cuts on the State Department."