This en bloc includes two of my amendments. The first amendment provides an incentive for NATO member countries to align their policies on defense exports to Russia with the restrictions that the United States has imposed. As of March 1st…

And I rise in strong support of H. Res. 573. I would like to begin by thanking our former committee colleague and our colleague, Ms. Frederica Wilson of Florida, for offering this important resolution. I would also like to thank our…

I regard Nigeria as our partner in this, and the United States needs to be helpful to them.

It is now my pleasure to yield 5 minutes to the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Wilson), the author of this resolution.

I will point out we would have designated Boko Haram earlier had we not, I think correctly, taken into consideration the views of the Nigerian Government.

In closing, I want to once again thank Chairman Royce, Representative Smith of New Jersey, and the Judiciary Committee for their hard work on this legislation. Again, I want to single out Representative Smith for being relentless in this…

It is now my pleasure to yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Pelosi), our Democratic leader.

Boko Haram is an Islamic extremist group, increasingly active since 2010.

We must do everything in our power to bring those girls home.

I am trying to understand the attitude of the Nigerian Government. It is acting as if it is almost disturbed that the whole world is now focused on Boko Haram.

May I inquire as to how much time both sides have remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New York has 3 minutes remaining. The gentleman from New Jersey has 9\1/2\ minutes remaining.

In closing, I would like to once again thank Congresswoman Frederica Wilson and Chairman Royce for helping to move this resolution forward in a timely manner. The Senate passed a similar resolution last week, and I am pleased that we will…

I was in favor of declaring Boko Haram as a terrorist organization, but I want to address the undercurrent...

I think it is critical the FDA--that the FDA does have adequate funding and staff resources in place in order to meet the demands of increasingly complicated and advanced medical therapies.

We must do much more to stop the illegal flow of firearms from the United States to Mexico.

The new measures to protect human rights... represent an important step forward.

The time to fix our system is now and we all know that if the Senate's bill came to a vote on the House floor this afternoon it would be on the President's desk this evening.

I believe that U.S. firearms fuel drug violence in Mexico.

I continue to be impressed by Mexican President, Enrique Pena Nieto.

I appreciate your willingness to bring this issue before the committee.

Despite our strong cultural ties, our relationship with neighboring Mexico has never received the sustained attention from Washington that that relationship deserves.

U.S. efforts with Mexico to tackle these transnational criminal organizations must be monitored and improved.

This partnership is very important to both countries' economic competitiveness and very important to the standard of living of people in this hemisphere.

I was an early and strong supporter of the Merida Initiative, and since 2008 Congress has appropriated over $2 billion in assistance to Mexico through that initiative.

Frankly, I have been a bit frustrated that the administration's not enforcing this or enacting this.