I am prepared to close. I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, the plight of the Rohingya is not and will not be forgotten. I think we heard it from both sides of the aisle with the impassioned speeches today. Nor will we…

It is now my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Frankel), my good friend and valued member of the Foreign Affairs Committee.

It is now my great pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Minnesota (Ms. McCollum), a champion for human rights, especially for the rights of women and girls. Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, I thank the ranking member, and I thank…

At least Robin Hood stole from the rich and gave to the poor, but my Republican colleagues, with this Republican tax bill, are stealing from the poor and the middle class and giving to the rich. It is absolutely disgraceful. The tax bill…

I, too, rise to mourn the loss of our great colleague, Maurice Hinchey. I knew Maurice for more than 30 years. We served together for many years in the New York State Assembly, and then he came to Congress. In the assembly in Albany and…

I was happy to work with Congresswoman McMorris Rodgers to include provisions on biomarker development qualification.

I was pleased to support the passage and contribute to the 21st Century Cures Act.

I have long been a committed advocate for those suffering from rare diseases in their families.

I feel that there should be formalized, straightforward ways to gauge the safety and efficacy of medical treatments.

I think the new leadership in Saudi Arabia is realizing that is bad for them, it is bad for their own societies, and it is bad for the region.

I think progress in Saudi Arabia might even cause some worries for the Iranians domestically whose population wants something quite similar to that.

Someone near and dear to me once said that the Republican Party is the party of rich men and women, and the Democratic Party is the party of working men and women. Nothing proves that more than this tax scam today. I have been around here…

We cannot allow foreign governments to meddle in democracy or conduct cyber attacks against us and our allies.

The use of human shields is a disgusting and cowardly practice, and it will never lead to peace.

Freedom of worship is a basic human right, yet we see religious minorities all over the world subjected to violence and persecution.

Both Chairman Royce and I believe that what is occurring in Burma's Rakhine State is ethnic cleansing perpetrated by the military and a direct failure of the Burmese Government to protect its people.

Condemning ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya and calling for an end to the attacks in and an immediate restoration of humanitarian access to the state of Rakhine in Burma.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding to me. Let me say, in conclusion, I hope that, in the years ahead, we can work to support our diplomatic and development efforts in the same way we support our national defense. After all, America's…

I thank the ranking member for yielding. I rise in opposition to this record-breaking closed rule, the 50th closed rule in a year, which is more than any time in any yearly period previously. I think our rules should be open. I think…

I worry that we are going to squander the good progress we have made unless we change course.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I commend Mr. Khanna for his leadership. I think it is important that our new Members come here and really make a difference for these important events all around the world, so I thank him…

Let's put rhetoric aside when it comes to the Republican tax bill. This is a bill that gives tremendous tax breaks to millionaires and billionaires while it hits the middle class. The facade of it may look like middle class people are…

I want to talk about Afghanistan, because we are 16 years into the war there.

I don't believe that we should cut and run in Afghanistan.

Well, Secretary Tillerson said this is a war that will come to an end through a negotiated settlement.