It is my duty to try to prevent this genocide.

I just want to speak quickly about one of them, which is H.R. 1632, the Southeast Asia Strategy Act, which I introduced with my fellow ASEAN co-chair, Representative Wagner.

This bill would direct the Secretary of State to do just that.

I want to repeat what my amendment is. My amendment is to make sure that if a child dies in government custody, that that death is reported to the Congress. I am shocked that anybody in this Chamber would disagree with that provision. I am…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 113, line 23, after ``section 5.5,'' insert ``and section 3.3.16''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to…

This amendment requires the Office of Refugee Resettlement to report all deaths of children in their custody. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.

We have a disagreement. I don't believe this is the law right now. If it already is the law, then what is the big deal with supporting this amendment? All it does is reaffirm the law. I am surprised that we can't agree to it. I want to…

I do not think you have said much about that. Maybe in your, you know, your testimony you submitted.

I remember when the Sandinistas overthrew the dictatorship, and in my office, I have a T-shirt quilt that includes one little T-shirt celebrating 1 year of freedom in Nicaragua.

How can we provide support and resources to assist human rights defenders in civil society organizations that are obviously under threat?

I thank Representative Lofgren for yielding. Mr. Speaker, the most powerful movements in American history, those that have made the most change in our country, have often been started by young people. More than a dozen years ago, many…

Since 2015, Russia has involved itself in Syria in order to support Bashar al-Assad's government.