I would also note that almost 80 percent of the farm bill--we're spending about a trillion dollars overall--goes to the food stamp program. So we're talking about a very significant part of the overall farm bill. The GAO notes in a report…

I happen to be the chair of the Subcommittee on Foreign Affairs on Asia and the Pacific

I am very concerned about the IRS' admitting to targeting conservative groups and this overly invasive line of questioning.

The way the IRS handled the tea party cases was unprecedented.

According to last week's jobs report, nearly 12 million Americans--12 million of our fellow citizens--are out of work. That's simply unacceptable. The American people deserve better than a constant parade of job- destroying regulations…

Let's face it, the situation continues to deteriorate in Syria. The list of innocent victims slaughtered by the Assad regime grows daily.

I had mentioned in my opening statement a couple questions that I had.

So the vast majority of the babies would have been healthy and probably led a productive life?

Because of your willingness to come forward, there are at least two pieces of major legislation that were passed and are now the law of the land.

I believe Iran is bound and determined to obtain nuclear weapons, and I think only if Iran is absolutely convinced that military action will be taken against them, if they don't back down from the program that they will actually back down.

I would strongly urge that is a factor. It ought to be a factor in whether we are taking American taxpayer dollars and aiding a country, if their elections are deemed to be fair and open to both sides or all sides.

We would appreciate the Department keeping this committee up to date on what is happening there.

Over the course of the last few years, however, we have seen assistance yield arguably few results, and Cambodia is no more closely tied to the United States than it was back in 2007.

I believe there has been a pattern by this Administration in not taking responsibility for failures, avoiding blame, pointing the fingers in somebody else's direction.

Do you think that these were just some low-level IRS workers who decided to harass or examine with great scrutiny conservative groups?

Now this Administration currently has at least three scandals swirling around it. One, misleading the American people on Benghazi.

I happen to represent Cincinnati in the United States Congress, and I have for 17 of the last 19 years.

This bill reiterates to the world, and more importantly, it tells the Taiwanese people just how deeply we value that friendship.

the repression that they have seen, particularly in China, is shameful and some of the photos of the torture they have gone through are extremely disturbing.

The only way we can change that is to amend it.

I want to briefly discuss a matter which this legislation addresses, the issue of restrictions on diplomatic visits by high ranking Taiwanese officials, which is something I have always felt is both insulting and counterproductive.

Taiwan is a democracy. It is a loyal friend and ally, and it deserves to be treated as such by the United States Government.

It has been more than a decade since President Bush back in 2001 announced that Washington was willing to sell Taiwan eight diesel electric submarines.

In November 2010, the U.S. committed to support India's full membership in the four multilateral export control regimes.

It's with a heavy heart that I rise today to mourn the loss of a dear friend, Mrs. Barbara Willke of Cincinnati, Ohio. She, along with her husband, Dr. Jack Willke, cofounded Cincinnati Right to Life. She died peacefully at the age of 90…