Steve Chabot

This has not worked, it will not work, and it should be reversed.

I think the fact that the Taiwanese Government has decided to move itself in the direction of the criminalization of politics is unfortunate as well.

Having been one of the founding chairs of the Congressional Taiwan Caucus...

It's critical that CBP officers be able to communicate valuable information with rightsholders.

Intellectual Property in the United States is responsible for spurring new industry, developing useful technology, and creating jobs.

Trade of counterfeit goods has a negative impact on our national economy.

The business of this country is generally conducted in English and that has been accepted for a long time.

We need to do everything humanly possible to take care of those people, and make sure that they have the best quality of lives.

I think it was a lackadaisical effort that was made in order to attain that permission of Iraq for our folks to be there without being prosecuted, et cetera.

I am sick and tired of also hearing that all of these casualties that were caused by America's intervention.

I think that we ought to do some soul searching, all of us Americans who are engaged in policy.

I would argue this administration did that to maintain, to keep a campaign promise, and that was a terrible mistake in my view.

I find a little bit of an inability on both sides of this issue looking back.

I did not listen to Gary Ackerman, I went along with it, and the President, it was after 9/11.

Maliki's actions have been widely interpreted as part of a brazen effort to consolidate his power by weakening Sunni politicians whom he considers to be threats.

The situation on the ground has, in my view, degenerated significant, in no small part due to a sectarian political crisis which has been triggered by the actions of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

He was one of the people on this committee that we are clearly going to miss.

I actually had a similar path getting here as Don.

The Government of Egypt has taken numerous actions which have directly escalated the situation, calling into question its commitment to the principles of democratic governance.

The current crisis surrounding the December 29 raids on several NGOs are deeply, deeply disturbing.

Elections are a necessary but not sufficient addition for democracy.

Recent developments, however, do not leave me optimistic about Egypt's future.

Over the past year, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, under the leadership of Field Marshal Tantawi, has ruled Egypt with the stated goal of turning power over to a civilian government as soon as possible.

It is clear that Islamists will dominate the Egyptian political landscape over the next year.

The threat posed by the Iranian regime take on new and more dire geostrategic significance when coupled with the potential for alliances with oppressive anti-American regimes in our own hemisphere.