Steve Chabot

I would argue that those talks are--it is blackmail, it is a fraud, it is a sham, in my view.

But I think Congress has had historically the right outlook on it, whether you look at the Sudan laws, whether you look at the Iran laws, the NDAA, CISADA, whether you look at things like the Refusniks issue and the Jackson-Vanik Amendment…

Congress can and should put guardrails on the administration to both direct it to put more pressure on a target and to say, 'You can't turn the car around without coming to Congress.'

I am not saying that we should not provide the authority, but an administration must not abuse that authority that we do provide.

It is our responsibility as leaders of the free world to step up and ensure that human traffickers face every possible hurdle as they seek to coerce women and children into, literally, slavery in these modern times.

I support all four bills and would like to speak out very favorably on your bill, H.R. 2219, the End Banking for Human Traffickers Act of 2017.

This bill helps address a critical issue protecting women and girls who face challenges literally at birth.

I have to say that, under Hun Sen, we are about as far from a democracy as you can get.

It is a terrible shame and travesty what is occurring in Cambodia right now, because it could be so much better.

Shutting down independent press, suppressing opposition and civil society, threatening civil war if your party doesn't win, jailing your political opponent, and then dissolving their party so there is essentially no opposition, that is not…

I would like to give credit to my colleague from Illinois Robin Kelly for introducing, along with myself, some legislation awhile back, the Protecting Girls' Access to Education Act.

I am deeply concerned that China's growing global assertiveness puts the future of Tibet and the Tibetan people at an even greater risk.

China's decades-long oppression of Tibet is a constant example of the PRC's total disregard for religious freedom and human decency.

I have to say starting off, I think, Professor Bray, I think you have got a reasonably good idea as far as maybe the way to handle this.

Nothing threatens our allies in the region more than an unchecked Iran.

Stability in the Middle East is in the best interests of our nation, obviously, and the world.

It is disgraceful. It is a slap in the face to our close ally. And we ought to change that, and we need to pass that legislation.

For far too long, the Burmese military has repressed the Rohingya, denying them political and civil rights.

The previous administration pulled out of Iraq. And I had been there, you know, a number of times.

I think there ought to be considerable concern when one considers the rise of Iran in the region.

I would argue that we saw the results of that, which was the rise of ISIS.

I thank all those who spoke on this legislation, a very bipartisan, good legislation, here this afternoon on the House floor. In closing, whether it is new software system for tracking contract payments or a new medical device to help with…

Unfortunately, we are seeing that, in many ways, the Burma that we see today isn't that much different than the one that we knew only a few years ago.

The previous administration touted Burma as a success story and relaxed many of the restrictions that have been longstanding, including on the Burmese military.

It is my view that, short of one of those two actions, I think we are going to continue down this path where Kim Jong-un will continue to move forward on this nuclear program.