Joe Crowley: “Timing is everything. I am the last man on the totem pole. But thank you, Mr. Chairman.”

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…

If the government of Burma, Myanmar, will not protect the people of north Rakhine State, then maybe that State should be part of another nation or independent.

I am asking on the underlying resolution before you, is it a privileged resolution? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair announced that the resolution qualified as privileged.

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