Well, thank you. And H.R. 3394 also contains additional funding for expansion of the program.

You both would agree that any kind of resolution or partial restitution of this crisis has to go through China, that it is virtually impossible to not involve China.

I don't see the purpose of arguing with South Korea on trade at a time when we need to show strong and resolve.

the President did inherit a complex and intractable foreign policy in North Korea, but his mixed and inconsistent messaging is self-inflicted--it is a self-inflicted wound.

I view the Kim regime's nuclear program as the single greatest threat to American national security and to global security.

This administration has said that North Korea is its top foreign policy priority; but...he is, in my opinion, undercutting his own peaceful pressure strategy.

I thank my friend for yielding to me. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong opposition to this amendment. To completely eliminate funding for the United States Institute of Peace would be a serious mistake. Let me thank Mrs. Lowey for the…

USIP is neither a Republican nor a Democratic institution. The Institution was created in 1984 by bipartisan legislation signed into law by President Reagan. Since then, USIP has saved the United States billions of dollars by investing in…

This amendment, unfortunately, would harm American leadership on the global stage, cutting our investment in the international organizations account by $10 million. Mr. Chairman, this bill already underfunds diplomacy and development when…

Let me just say that I hear what the chairman is saying. I certainly am a strong supporter of international narcotics funding, but the question is: Where do you put the money? The International Narcotics funding account is well funded and…

Let me start by thanking my colleagues and fellow co-chairs of the House Tuberculosis Elimination Caucus, Mr. Young of Alaska and Mr. Gene Green of Texas. I am grateful for their support of this measure and for their work to combat…

I think the gentleman is trying to put money in place for something with which I agree. It is not that I disagree with it, but I disagree with where he is taking the money from. I think that is the problem with it. Hopefully, we can, when…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 880, line 16, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $209,000,000)''. Page 898, line 9, after…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding to me, and I want to pick up where Mr. Crowley left off. I am for this aid. I am for this aid 100 percent. We should help these people. As Americans, we should help people all over our country. But it…

This measure isn't about taking sides in Kenya's politics but instead reaffirms the importance of our partnership with Kenya and our support for the people of that country as they go to the polls.

It is now my pleasure to yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Lowey), my esteemed colleague, friend, and ranking member of the Appropriations Committee. We have districts that are adjoining.

I also am grateful to Mr. Smith of New Jersey and Ms. Bass of California, the chair and ranking members of the Africa Subcommittee, who are lead co-sponsors of this legislation.

It is now my pleasure to yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Illinois (Ms. Schakowsky), a respected member of the Energy and Commerce Committee.

On Vladimir Putin's orders, Russia attacked American democracy last year. That makes Russia a threat to this country, just like Iran, just like North Korea. When the United States faces a real threat, we have an obligation to respond. So…

I now yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Sherman), one of my senior colleagues on the Foreign Affairs Committee, the ranking member of the Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade Subcommittee.

I now yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Maxine Waters), the ranking member of the Financial Services Committee.

Why can we not exchange that? Are there technical obstacles to developing new standards for call certification?

I have to say that none of us envisioned we would still be relying on it nearly two decades later to fight an enemy that didn't even exist when the Twin Towers came down.

What concerns me now is that we have seen escalating military activity on a number of fronts.

The role of Congress in authorizing and overseeing the use of American military force around the world is really such an important issue.