Joaquin Castro

Many of us in Congress have spoken out strongly against the coup and urge for stronger actions like sanctions against the military.

The measure--the primary measure cannot be whether, you know, a Fortune 500 company or--you know, makes a lot of money in Latin America.

There are also historical facts, including destabilizing U.S. interventions, significant interventions in Latin America over the years, if we are going to be honest with ourselves, that have destabilized the situation there.

I hope that we can agree that most people do not want to trek 1,000 miles, leaving their home country, oftentimes with kids in tow, if they do not have to.

The role and presence of the United Nations in Mexico and Central America has increased significantly in the last several years.

We have been informed by the State Department that those reports were not accurate, and there were no agreements reached with these countries.

Earlier this week there were reports that the Biden Administration had made an agreement with the governments of Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras to temporarily increase security at their borders.

We join our new Democratic Governor, Pedro Pierluisi, who previously served eight years in the U.S. House in opposing this undemocratic bill.

It should be clearer than ever to this Congress that international organizations and our participation in them play an indispensable role in advancing American values and defending American interests.

We have now 10 years of data to show that when the U.S. is engaged at the Council that it is much more likely to hold, you know, repressive regimes accountable and to push important reforms

Thank you again for your work with me in helping the Rohingya people in Myanmar and Burma a couple of congresses ago.

I agree with your comments regarding that China has basically taken over this organization

I believe reforms to address these issues should be a prerequisite for the U.S. seeking election to the Council.

We must be at the table, but we have a duty to the American taxpayer to ensure that our engagement with IOs is targeted, strategic, and maximizes the positive impact of the United States abroad.

Today we will examine America's standing in international organizations.

The only way the United States can push back against the behavior and fight for true reform is by having a seat at the table.

Even as the pandemic causes new challenges for U.S. development policy, we find that American leadership in this space is more necessary than ever.

The fact is, if you look at what happened, most of the failure was with the fossil fuel production and delivery, some of it was from the wind turbines.

I mean, I think he threw in the towel on Texas.

Yes, that's absolutely right. I think this is a wake-up call in terms of realizing that climate change is upon us for the folks that didn't realize it before.

Well, first, we want to make sure that everybody is safe, reach out to your local governments.

Republicans I think are very spoiled winning statewide election after statewide election. And so, they haven’t felt forced to deal with issues like this.

It’s been very tough, Joy. There are still hundreds of thousands of people in San Antonio without power, a lot of people without water.

If you pick people who are more committed to modernizing the grid and perhaps integrating in a better way, then certainly you could, you know, solve that issue.

It`s been very tough, Joy. There are still hundreds of thousands of people in San Antonio without power, a lot of people without water.