Joe Crowley: “I was pleased to see the President and his Administration have proposed a long-term extension expansion of this program.”

He's got to be really -- he's flailing already. You can see how he's attacking Kristen Welker, you know, she's partisan, she's this, she's that, almost like setting up the debate for failure, that it's already going to be a failure for him…

We passed it through the committee. We need to pass it on the floor.

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.