"I think there is broad and maybe universal support on this Committee to do exactly what this bill attempts to do."
"The U.S.-ASEAN comprehensive strategic relationship is critical to enabling the United States and ASEAN to cooperate on a number of regional issues."
"I strongly support Representative Castro's H.R. 406, Partner with ASEAN Act, and this en bloc package and urge my colleagues to do the same."
"I think it is very clear that members of this committee on both sides of the aisle recognize that the People's Republic of China's continued economic coercion and aggression in the Indo-Pacific presen..."
"This is not only a moral failing to asylum seekers fleeing persecution. It also defies existing laws."
"So, yes, there is a crisis at the border. It is not the one that the Republican leadership is shouting about."
"the House Republican border security plan is one of the most extreme stances this body has seen on immigration in recent history."
"We cannot and should not do that."
"They want the American people to be scared. They want us to feel threatened."
"Meanwhile, President Biden has shown that we can lower the number of unauthorized border crossings while still treating migrants with dignity and humanity."
"We urge you to vote against H.R. 29, as well as any subsequent legislative proposals that would unjustly deprive vulnerable peoples the legal right to seek humanitarian protection in the United States..."