In closing, I would like to thank the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Judy Chu) and the gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms. Adams) for their leadership in introducing this and pushing this important legislation forward. Once again, it is…

As dean of the Ohio delegation, I am greatly saddened to inform the Members that our former colleague, Ralph Regula, who was the dean of the Ohio delegation, has passed away. Ralph was 92 years of age. He had the honor of serving his…

I was involved and actually introduced a bill called the Girls Count Act.

There is no shortage of crises to discuss here today.

I thank the gentleman, and I especially want to thank him for his leadership on this. Nearly 2 years ago, Kate Steinle, a young woman with a promising future, had her life tragically taken away from her when she was brutally murdered by an…

I thank the gentleman from Virginia, our chairman, for his leadership on this, and I rise in strong support of the No Sanctuary for Criminals Act, which has been worked on by a whole number of Members of the House. The adoption of…

I would like to associate myself with both of the remarks that you have made this morning and not repeat everything.

I think it ought to be a very clear choice to them.

I think it was a big mistake.

I thank the gentleman for yielding and for his leadership in this most important area. Mr. Speaker, the heroin and opioid scourge is running this country into the ground, and, unfortunately, the problem appears to be getting worse, not…

This is just one of the reasons why I believe it is imperative that we continue to encourage these countries to take the necessary steps to attract further investment and stimulate the economy.

The Egyptian and Tunisian economies have been pretty abysmal for the past several years.

It is ridiculous. This is a center of democracy and freedom. Taiwanese officials should be able to come and meet with American officials here in Washington, DC.

I would strongly urge the relatively new administration not to let that happen because Beijing will say lots of nice things and then actually delivering on them that is a very another thing.

It sounds like this administration isn't all that different from some previous administrations.

This policy goes against our own self-interest. It tells China that we are willing to yield to them on our own foreign policy.

I will associate myself with the chairman's comments and leave it there so that we can move on to the witnesses.

The United States should have direct dialogue with the democratically-elected leadership of Taiwan and it is time to change this outdated policy.

Restricting high-level visits from Taiwan insults an ally and damages our national security in an increasingly dangerous world.

Putin's engagement in Syria and the Middle East has complicated our own strategy for dealing with ISIS and Iran.

The previous administration's withdrawal from America's traditional leadership role left a power vacuum around the globe.

As a founding member of the Congressional Taiwan Caucus and having been to that nation--and I use that term nation intentionally--quite a few times, I take the commitments of our country that we have made with Taiwan very seriously.

As we begin our dialogue with Chinese leadership with this new administration, as you know, there was some questioning of our commitment to One China early on.

Obviously, our colleague Steve Scalise, the Whip, who I understand has undergone surgery or is currently, and also Special Agent David Bailey and Crystal Griner, as well as a former staffer and a current staffer, Zachary Barth and Matt…

Our prayers and thoughts go out to all those who were affected, our colleagues, staff, and Capitol Police who were injured in the shooting this morning.