I have been actively involved in all Taiwan-U.S. issues for many years now and chaired the Asia and the Pacific Subcommittee as well.

I am proud to support international religious freedom.

I am honored to have introduced House Concurrent Resolution 88, which reaffirms the Taiwan Relations Act and the Six Assurances as cornerstones of U.S.-Taiwan relations.

Taiwan faces an unrelenting threat from China, which has nearly 1,600 ballistic missiles aimed at her.

Taiwan is a close ally of ours, one that truly believes in and practices freedom and democracy.

Amendment in the nature of a substitute to H. Con. Res. 88 offered by the Honorable Steve Chabot, a Representative in Congress from the State of Ohio.

I strongly support this resolution and urge my colleagues to support its passage.

And it is critical that both China and Taiwan know that our commitment to Taiwan, to the Taiwan Relations Act, and to the Six Assurances, has not wavered one bit.

The illegal trafficking of human organs is despicable.

In closing, the gentlewoman's bill is simply good government. We shouldn't have different terms and different laws if we are talking about the same thing. Federal contracting is confusing enough for small businesses without the use of…

It is this uncertainty that causes us to not have, I believe, the kind of economy we could have.

I hope the Senate will act quickly to move this important bill.

The federal government should be doing everything it can to help these small but mighty job creators flourish.

We need to lighten the massive regulatory burden and make it easier for small businesses to start, grow, thrive, and create new jobs.

The government can screw up royally as it did out in Colorado some time ago in the Animas River.

We want to thank the Inspector General for appearing before this Committee today.

I think all of us have probably had Falun Gong members in our office, and they literally have literature and books showing the torture and the horrific treatment that they have gotten at the hands of the Chinese Government is outrageous.

Many of us in Congress and in the administration welcomed Prime Minister Modi's ascension to power with pretty significant enthusiasm.

Now, however, I am beginning to hear skepticism about the Modi government's follow-through in some areas.

are we in some legal jeopardy for expressing some concern about the use of the American people's tax dollars in that way?

I think the U.S. has, for the most part, succeeded in fostering this relationship over the years.

I don't think there was a whole lot, we certainly didn't vote on approving what the President committed of the hard-working American people's dollars.

I would stress, as I have in past hearings on this topic... that it is essential for the administration to continue proactive engagement with India.

I would argue that that language itself is reprehensible because it infers that people that don't buy in completely to the fact that we ought to be spending huge amounts of money when it could be considerable loss of jobs and taxpayer…

Many consider the U.S.-India relationship an indispensable one, and I tend to believe that myself.