I thank the gentlewoman for yielding time. Today, I rise in opposition to H.R. 3326, the World Bank Accountability Act of 2017. Let me start by stating how important our Nation's contributions are to the World Bank's International…

Since we know of the President and his will to withdraw from multilateral organizations and not work with others and just work by himself, we know what his position is. I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on H.R. 3326.

Without institutions that are working and operating, then we cannot have democracy.

These democracies--even ours is being challenged today--whether it is by cybersecurity, as Russia is doing in Latin America.

So much of the analysis I have been reading on the Western Hemisphere lately conveys concerns about democratic backsliding.

It has been an honor serving on this committee with you.

the best Russian policy today is a good Ukraine policy, one that helps protect the freedoms Ukrainians fought for on Maidan.

This to me, I don't know, seemed extraordinarily naive.

We need to be focused on doing all we can to support our partners, our allies, and our military in the military fight.

If we are going to resolve some of these it is not going to just be militarily, we need to do it diplomatically also.

I am deeply disturbed when I hear about slave trafficking in Libya.

I see the Brexit process as a lose-lose-lose situation.