Eliot Engel: “This legislation that Mr. Connolly is offering seeks to change that.”

I thank the ranking member, and I thank him for his kind words.

It is now my pleasure to yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Deutch), the author of this important bill and the chair of the Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism.

As you can see, there is bipartisan support for this. As Americans, we have an absolute stake in what goes on in China and Hong Kong. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Malinowski), the author of this…

This legislation could go a long way toward putting Burma back on the path toward democracy.