Steve Chabot: “I would argue that those talks are--it is blackmail, it is a fraud, it is a sham, in my view.”

I urge all colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support the bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Every riot or act of violence or threat thereof taking place anywhere in this nation, whoever is responsible for it, is unconscionable and we on this side, Republicans, we reject it; we condemn it.

We've been pushing this for a long time, it's the Tropical Forest and Coral Reef Conservation Reauthorization Act.

Now, may not be the time, despite what the Biden Administration and any of my colleagues believe, to release drug traffickers and dealers back into our communities and neighborhoods.