Joaquin Castro

It is my honor to yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Georgia (Ms. Williams).

I was pleased to see the Department of Labor's June 10th guidance on preventing abusive recruitment practices of prospective workers in the H-2A and H-2B programs.

We shouldn’t put that ahead of the health and safety and welfare of the American people.

There is no doubt that Greg Abbott, the governor of Texas, has made Texas a more dangerous place for everyone.

It shocks the conscience that lawmakers who have a chance to do something, could change the situation, to improve things, would sit by and do nothing.

Greg Abbott made the state more dangerous over the last few years by allowing for permitless carry, basically no-questions-asked carrying a gun.

The American people have actually made up their minds on this issue. Ninety percent of the American people -- that means Republicans and Democrats alike -- overwhelmingly support things like universal background checks.

We have tried on background -- universal background checks, we have tried to make it harder for people who are mentally unfit to get weapons. Republicans have made it easier.

I don’t know how many kids have to die before someone wants to do something about it.

I remain concerned by the under-representation, for example, of Latino Americans at the State Department.

I was glad to see President Biden promise to reverse that change during his campaign.

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We are best able to combat human rights abuses, including by the PRC, by engaging in international organizations.

But, by far, the most immediate thing that Congress and, more specifically, the U.S. Senate can do is to quickly confirm Ambassador Michele Sison.

I support the Administration's decision to create this Office of Multilateral Strategy and Personnel where you have asked for the funding for five staff positions.

We have a duty to the American taxpayer to ensure that our engagement with these institutions is targeted, strategic, and advances America first interest abroad.

While costing Americans trillions of dollars, the agreements permits the world's largest carbon emitter, China, to make meager contributions.

These reforms should have been a prerequisite for the U.S. reengaging with the council.

As Representative Castro has said, as Chairman Castro has said, I know a number of Members of Congress have already met with Ms. Bogdan-Martin.

It is astounding that China, Russia, Venezuela, Cuba all have seats at the table at the supposed shrine of human rights in Geneva.

It is essential that the United States stays deeply engaged with the U.N.

I want to draw attention to a number of senior positions at the State Department and USAID that are still vacant.

With Honduras' elections only weeks away... what will the State Department do to monitor the November 28th elections?