Joe Crowley: “Don't deny the best, the brightest, and the bravest the opportunity to serve in our Nation's Armed Forces.”

In case the gentleman was going to yield back, I just want to thank my staff as well, both those who worked back in 2004 to help pass the original legislation, and my staff today. In particular, I want to thank my chief of staff back home…

We would not have to wait for a determination. It would not be just aimed at one or two individuals, but would affect the regime.

And it requires the training of foreign service officers on how to take steps to recognize and prevent genocide and other atrocities. It is not as strong a bill as Representative Wagner and I would have liked it to have been. I know we…

I think the American people, they are looking for transformation in government. And this is a transformative time.