Our relations with the Freely Associated States are a very important part of our overall Indo-Pacific strategy.

The Freely Associated States should not have to choose between inattention from their long-term friends and the debt traps.

The way we handle the compacts will demonstrate not only how we treat some of our closest friends, but America's commitment to the Pacific as a whole.

I have long believed that the United States should have diplomatic representation in every country of the world.

I look forward to working with the Natural Resources Committee as we engage on these issues in the months and years ahead to ensure that we have a good outcome to upcoming negotiations on new Compacts of Association.

We must get ahead of the issue, and that is one of the reasons we are holding this hearing.

We have created a Pacific Islands Caucus, co-chaired by Ed Case from Hawaii, myself, Ted Yoho, and Don Young.

I am always shocked, and I was here at the beginning--and disappointed to know that other countries pay far less for the same medications than we do.

There is a tremendous and bipartisan agreement within Congress that we must engage the Northern Triangle countries in order to enhance security and prosperity and combat corruption.

To the Chinese Communist Party and those seeking to undermine Hong Kong's freedom and autonomy let me be crystally clear: the House Foreign Affairs Committee will not just sit idly by.

I am concerned about the effectiveness of ending the violence that has plagued the country since the removal of the former President Bozize in 2013.

This horrendous 2003 law, which I voted against, prevents Medicare from using its purchasing power to lower the cost of lifesaving drugs such as insulin.

I want to also thank Speaker Pelosi and Chairman Pallone for their leadership in crafting the Lower Prescription Drug Costs Now Act, which I am pleased to cosponsor.

I am proud to co-sponsor and vote in support of H. Res. 517, a resolution supporting the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and its Sixth Replenishment.

Over the past months we have watched as the people of Hong Kong have bravely and tirelessly protested for their rights and their freedoms.

I believe that the U.S. must, instead, work as a partner to help create conditions whereby Hondurans, Guatemalans, and the Salvadorans can see a future in their home countries.

We all want peace. We all want the fighting in Afghanistan to end.

I do not take subpoenas lightly and I would not have issued this one had we not sent three letters.

Members on both sides need the chance to ask questions and offer views.

We learned that the President upended that arrangement and we learned that the peace deal, evidently, is dead.

For months we have been attempting to get some visibility into the ongoing peace negotiations without success.

The peace deal, evidently, is dead.

The Administration's refusal to provide us and the American people answers prompted me a week ago to subpoena our top negotiator.

If we do not do anything about it, it will certainly imperil future generations.

Climate change is certainly something that is so important, and the aggravating thing about it is that there are so many who still deny it.