Kim Jong-un's regime represents an imminent threat to the global nonproliferation effort, to the global economy, and the global financial system.

The time for willful blindness, for looking the other way at North Korea's proliferation, money laundering, and its kleptocracy is over.

I know that you're more than up to the job. Speaking Chinese is something that I never accomplished; I really never accomplished speaking in any other language other than English, but you've mastered it.

I just wanted to, first of all, congratulate you on your chairmanship, your first hearing, and wish you the best.

We have got to do that first. And then TPP is hopefully something that would not be too far down the road from there.

Last week State Department Spokeswoman Marie Harf espoused the interesting proposition that we should create a jobs program for people who might be inclined to support groups like ISIS, jobs for Jihadists.

Entrepreneurs are the backbone of our economy. They exude courage and character.

the principal thing that it does is require that when federal agencies are considering new rules or regulations, they have to get input from small businesses and determine what the impact will be, both direct and indirect.

This will truly have to be bipartisan to get this done.

I would urge you to look at the case.

Trade is critical to our economy. Ninety-six percent of the consumers around this globe are located outside the boundaries of the United States.

please let me urge you to do everything within your power to emphasize to the Administration the importance of passing these trade pieces of legislation are to small businesses across the country.

I would like to thank Mr. Tiberi for yielding me this time. One of two Americans gets up each day and heads to a small business. That is where they work. Small firms are critical to America's success. They create seven out of every 10 new…

for the most part, the Small Business Committee is one of those Committees, kind of like the Foreign Affairs which I also serve on, where there is more to agree on than disagree.

I look forward to working to refocus the SBA on its statutory mission in a manner that is both efficient and prudent.

I would like to take a moment to recognize the Ranking Democratic Member, Congresswoman Nydia Velaazquez.

I want to welcome all the returning and new members of the Committee.

The violence in Syria over the past 4 years has spiraled out of control, as we know, yielding a serious and grave humanitarian crisis.

I hope to use that example to foster civil discourse, even when we have our policy differences.

I claim the time in opposition, but I will speak in favor of the gentleman's amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Ohio is a recognized for 5 minutes.

To close. Mr. Chairman, too often, agencies craft one-size-fits-all regulations that do not account for the impact on small businesses. It is our job to remember that what affects small businesses also affects families that depend on those…

I want to thank the gentleman for offering this amendment, and I think this is a good example of the way bipartisanship should work. The gentleman offered, I think, a very constructive amendment. We committed that our staffs and the…

This amendment proposes to strike section 10 from the bill, which gives the Small Business Administration's Chief Counsel for Advocacy authority to approve small business size standards for the purposes of any act other than the Small…

I believe that President Obama's announcement to unilaterally change U.S. policy toward Cuba sets a dangerous precedent.

This Cuban policy, this new policy, is, in my view, tragically flawed.