An Olympic Gold Medal; groundbreaking international conferences on religious cooperation intolerance; membership in the World Bank, the IMF, and other international bodies; and recognition by more than 110 countries--these are only some of…

What we need, I think, is, then, something to make the buildout more economically attractive to areas that aren't as dense as my district.

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 171.

I encourage this Committee to support a strong international affairs budget.

Congress, as we all say many times, is a co-equal branch of government and, according to the Constitution, we appropriate funds or you appropriate funds--we just don't have to roll over because any White House says so.

This year we are going to have to put that idea to the test.

I fear that this budget request is sending a chilling shockwave across the globe, and that shockwave will come back on us.

That obviously would be a disaster. In fact, slashing our international engagement by even a fraction of that at a time when we are facing serious challenges around the world would be an absolute disaster.

We need to call them out.

When we look at Putin's goals we see a clear aim of tearing down the United States and Western democracy and institutions, to cast aspersions on our values.

Now, I have been around long enough to remember when a Republican President likened America to a shining city on a hill.

I think it is very obvious that Putin does not want to make America great again.

But President Trump, when asked about Putin in a recent interview, seemed actually to draw an equivalency between American policies and Putin's tactics.

I have long prided myself on working across the aisle to get things done for my constituents and all the American people. That is what the American people want: a government that grapples with tough issues in a constructive way…

I would like to go on the record thanking Congressman Engel and Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen for their co-sponsorship of the bill and ongoing support to the region.

This is not a women's issue or a men's issue. It is an issue for what is right. People have a right to make health choices. If someone doesn't believe in abortion, then make that choice for yourself. If someone believes in something else…

We have to give them a roadmap, a path to that that meets our needs.

I hope for our sake he's asking the questions and shaping the policies that would forestall such a development.

The best minds working on this problem agree that North Korea is just a few years or even less from a weapon that could reach the United States.

We cannot back away from this responsibility because the cost of failure in this case is just too great.

What I would propose is that instead of decreasing our goals we increase our goals.

This is not a problem we can solve on our own; we need our allies, so keeping our promises to them matters for their security...

A freeze, as one of my colleagues said, legitimizes the North Korean nuclear weapons program.

With each test, the North Koreans learn more and more about how to perfect their illegal weapons.

The North Korean Nuclear Weapons Program is designed for really one thing, regime survival, and to deter the United States of America.