Ann Marie Buerkle: “I do not take the responsibility to lead this agency and execute its mission lightly.”

Your courageous efforts to bring attention to human rights abuse in China are exemplary and future generations will be indebted to you for your courage and your devotion to the cause of creating a free and fair China.

I urge all Members to support the passage of H.R. 2896, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Buerkle) that the House suspend the rules…

The power of the purse was harder to ignore.

We believe in free enterprise. We believe that an individual can grow a dream and should be able to do that without the help of the Government.