Gregory Meeks

I support this bipartisan bill and ANS and thank Representative Connolly for his leadership on this issue and his continued work to support the people of Ukraine against Russia's brutal war.

Given the rampant repression we have seen under the national security law it makes sense to revisit whether Hong Kong officials should continue to retain such privileges.

Under these circumstances it is very hard to see Hong Kong as autonomous in any credible way.

The whole world has watched as Beijing undid the one country, two systems framework that guaranteed autonomy to Hong Kong.

Can we get a roll call vote?

I am thankful to President Joe Biden for elevating the quad to the leaders' level and supercharging quad diplomacy.

It is critical that the United States upgrade our diplomatic and development efforts to showcase the United States' leadership.

I have always said that we are stronger when we lead with diplomacy and work with our partners and our allies.

I wholeheartedly support this amendment by Representative Waltz as a way to highlight a few more of the innocent individuals who have been wrongfully detained and held captive by the PRC.

The number of people who have suffered under the PRC's repression is staggering, but the scale of the tragedy in Xinjiang demands that we remember the individual human lives that have been oppressed, detained, separated from their loved…

I support this measure and urge all of my colleagues to do the same.

Beijing's atrocities must be taken seriously and we should do everything we can to address its horrible policies.

Congress cannot be silent and we must act when faced with terrible human rights atrocities around the world.

We want to make sure that the message is clear when we talk about freeing people from oppression.

American dollars should not fund the development of critical technologies that could threaten our national security if acquired by our competitors.

I just want to just say it is absolutely key and essential.

I think that is tremendously important. Can you do that?

I am concerned about the impact that the Basel III Endgame proposal will have on access to mortgage options for first-time minority and low- to moderate-income homebuyers.

Despite all of this we are still funding Afghanistan--the Taliban--with $11.11 billion still flowing from the United States.

He is not going to be left behind. We'll do everything that we can to bring him back home safely.

But, you know, what's your assessment of those safeguards and the impact our presence may have on the ability of the United States not only to decide what goes where but to direct how the Afghan Fund is used?

So that's why I think it's important to have USAID and the State Department here, you know, not to testify, you know, like as opposed to you or anything but on a separate panel so that we can hear from them as to what they are doing and…

I too am concerned about the impact Taliban control is having on the status of women and girls in Afghanistan.

It is critical that we preserve the space to engage with the Taliban where we must.

We must ensure that Afghanistan is never again used as a base to plan attacks against the United States or our allies.