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Joaquin Castro is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Texas's 20th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he has focused on issues such as immigration reform, healthcare, and education. Castro has been an advocate for policies that support the Latino community and has worked to address economic disparities in his district. He is known for his vocal opposition to certain policies of the Trump administration, particularly regarding foreign aid and disaster response.
Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 1952) to amend the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 to require the Secretary of State to report on intercountry adoptions from countries which have significantly reduced…
Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on H.R. 1952, as amended. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the…
Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. First of all, I thank Mr. Collins and Mr. Langevin for their hard work on this bill that would help ease some of the problems parents face when they are trying to adopt children…
Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, we hear far too many gut-wrenching stories about American families who have trouble adopting children overseas. This legislation will help make that easier, and I…
Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 753) to promote international exchanges on best election practices, cultivate more secure democratic institutions around the world, and for other purposes. The Clerk read…
Madam Speaker, this is a bipartisan bill, and I urge support from all Members. I yield back the balance of my time.
For the longest time, certain parts of the world, including Africa, have gotten the out of sight, out of mind treatment.
Do you think other governments see the President's treatment as a green light in other countries?
But I worry a lot about what is happening here and the kind of message that our President is sending when he calls the press the enemy of the people or calls any story that paints him in a bad light as fake news, what effects that must…
I just think that we have to avoid the temptation to see these nations as only charity cases because I think that it undermines, I think, their humanity and who they are.
But if it is truly, if our development is truly about having countries get up on their own feet, you have also got to help their own economic infrastructure.
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