Gregory Meeks

I have no further requests for time at this moment, and I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McCAUL. Madam Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Smith).

For the purpose of closing. Mr. Speaker, Congress must do more to address this crisis in Burma, and H.R. 5497, the BURMA Act of 2021, will do just that. It will take concrete steps to hold the Burmese military accountable for its coup and…

I don't think I have any further speakers, so I reserve the balance of my time.

President Xi gave PRC's first ever friendship medal to Mr. Putin in 2018.

I thank the gentlewoman from Michigan for yielding the time. Madam Speaker, we find ourselves in a competition to lead in the 21st century. And that is a competition that the United States cannot afford to lose, and if we do what we should…

It is now my honor to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), the distinguished majority leader of the United States House of Representatives.

Let me just say this real quick. I don't mind burdening anyone if it is going to save somebody's life. There are certain burdens that we have to carry, and this is one of them. Mr. Speaker, I, with pride, yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman…

I just want to state that the notion that this bill is not supported by the administration is just blatantly false. Just last week, the Biden administration released a Statement of Administration Policy in full support of the bill and…

I am pretty pleased to see that the industry is interested in using stablecoins to help citizens of some foreign countries.

And as Chairwoman Waters said, I am the Chair of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, so it also could help communities abroad who may be facing turmoil in their home countries.

So my question is, to what extent was this recommendation analyzed through the context of the President's Executive Order on promoting competition, as well as his Executive Order on racial equity?

He’s the president that took Russian intelligence over American intelligence. He’s the president that worked with the Russians and told the Russians to come in to have an effect on the United States’ elections.

It’s the Russians that put the 100,000 troops on the border of Ukraine. It is the Russians that started working in Belarus... It’s the Russians who are clearly the aggressor.

It is my honor to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Cicilline), a great member of the Foreign Affairs Committee.

I am ready to close. Mr. McCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Let me just first say that all of us deplore anti-Muslim persecution. We are seeing a lot of that in Afghanistan today, especially the small children…

Clearly, we are not here to talk about criticism. We are here to talk about persecution. We are here to talk about anti-Muslim hate. We are even here to talk about genocide. And we should know it when we see it. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1…

Let me just reply to Mr. McCaul earlier that the anti-Semitism legislation was introduced on January 3 of 2019, passed the House on January 11 of 2019. There were no hearings that were held that last Congress before we passed the vote, and…

I could not agree more. The world is seeing an alarming rise in anti-Muslim sentiment and violence, and we are witnessing those same trends, unfortunately, here in the United States of America. In recent years, anti-Muslim bigotry has been…

Finally, Madam Speaker, provisions promoting diversity and other management reforms at the State Department were also left out. These are just a few examples of where the bill falls a little short. Despite the efforts of many of our…

I want to thank the distinguished chair of the House Armed Services Committee for all of his hard work in putting together, as he was just closing, what I think is a bill that is one of the best--a lot of hard work that he has done. I…

I think one thing that is important to understand is that unlike a bank that wants to maybe hoard its deposits for its own lending business, as a full reserve model, we are not in the business of lending.

And given their important role as well as the challenges that they face, I have long been an advocate for robust partnerships whereby MDIs and CDFIs can leverage new technologies to better serve their communities.

We view this as a really critical and strategic part of what we can do to foster a more inclusive financial system.

It is good to see you and to hear that we are back to focusing on consumers again.

I am proud to support this measure and ensure our country continues to stand strong as a leader in supporting democratic rule of law and human rights around the world.