Eliot Engel

We must stand in absolute solidarity with the Saudi dissidents who are being terrorized by the Saudi government and who can cross no border to finally reach safety.

This legislation that Mr. Connolly is offering seeks to change that.

Unfortunately, we have not held Saudi Arabia accountable for this horrendous crime, and that sends a message.

I think it is important, 2 years to the day tomorrow, that we honor a brave dissident who simply wanted reform in his home country, for which he was brutally murdered and dismembered.

I fully support Ms. Bass' efforts in this bill and hope our colleagues will as well.

We need to do better, and Chairwoman Bass's bill is a step in the right direction.

That representation should reflect what our country actually looks like.

To put it simply, we have got to get it done. Lives are at stake.

It has been a privilege to be appointed by the speaker to the Commission on Combating Synthetic Opioid Trafficking.

The FENTANYL Results Act is a serious step in the fight against global synthetic drug trade.

That is why I introduced the Fighting Emerging Narcotics Through Additional Nations to Yield Lasting Results, or the FENTANYL Results Act, with Ranking Member McCaul.

I encourage this committee to think more deeply about what tools are available to us and to think more about the long-term consequences of our actions.

Yes, there must be consequences for election interference, for human rights violations, and for subverting democracy, though we need to ask ourselves are sanctions always the correct answer.

I am committed to honor Jamal and Alexei and other activists who have been imprisoned, poisoned or killed.

America has historically been the global leader and the moral authority on basic freedoms and human rights, and we cede that leadership every day when we fail to denounce abuses abroad.

We must lead with our values, not only because of the inhumanity of his killing but also because of everything he worked for and everything that he continues to represent: accountability, freedom of speech, and other fundamental human…

Austin represents the best of our country and this resolution reiterates that Congress remains committed to bringing him home and bringing all other Americans unjustly detained abroad home as well.

The United States stands with the people of Lebanon as they rebuild following the explosion and U.S. officials must continue to engage the Lebanese government, reject Hezbollah, and encourage much needed reforms that will benefit Lebanese…

The systematic oppression of the Baha'i is continuing and it is accelerating, and this resolution puts Congress for the twentieth time since 1982 on record deploring the persecution of Iran's Baha'i community and other religious minorities.

I urge my colleagues to support this legislation and I yield back the balance of my time.

I urge support of all of these measures including the en bloc package this morning.

When leaders break the law to preserve their own power and lash out and violently attack their own citizens, we must act.

I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 8438 to reauthorize the Belarus Democracy Act of 2004.

The time of the United States allowing Russia to run roughshod over international law and undermining the national security interests of the United States must end.

By reauthorizing the Belarus Democracy Act we will be providing much needed assistance to the Belarusian people to counter internet censorship while sanctioning those responsible for the fraudulent election and ensuing crackdown.