These human beings are being referred to as merchandise and sold for a few hundred dollars. This is horrible and wrong.

I was an original co-sponsor of the House Resolution 644 to condemn slave auctions of migrants and refugees in Libya.

I thank Congressman Lacy Clay for yielding time, as well as Ranking Member Elijah Cummings and Chairman Trey Gowdy for their support in bringing this bill to the floor. I rise today in strong support of H.R. 4406, my bill to designate the…

Ending DACA would be a nightmare for Dreamers. In fact, it would be a nightmare for businesses and a nightmare for America's economy. You would think that that statement may have been said by the advocates for immigration rights or maybe…

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So we must regain the ability to invest in the region so that we could, again, fill that vacuum and we do not yield that vacuum to a country that is already very much present there.

Much has been said about the vacuum of leadership that has been left open by the United States for decades and decades, and we may think that the main beneficiary of such vacuum are countries like Venezuela. But I submit to you that I…

I think it is very much connected that if people of the same sex holding hands down a street are viciously beaten because they're married, or killed, and there is a vicious pattern of that, I think that constitutes a very big violation of…

Thank you, Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I yield my time.

America should not be at the mercy of folks that may have an intent to do something and cannot be stopped.

This is day three of the Trump shutdown. How many more extensions are Republicans going to ask for before passing a long-term budget? Yes, as we speak right now, the Senate is getting ready to pass yet another temporary continuing…