I know there is a competition for dollars around here. And there has been over the years a dropping commitment, I believe, to foreign aid and to the United States' involvement and engagement of the world, which I don't think is good for…

The United States, one of our jobs around the world is to make sure that we stand for democracy and for human rights.

the ICC, as we all know, has had one conviction in over a decade.

the full Foreign Affairs Committee passed my resolution that I introduced way back in September

I actually am the author of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, our landmark law in combatting sex and labor trafficking.

I think any political system is subject to various types of designs, and those designs put constraints on what people can do, but they are not infallible.

So when Republicans put forward a budget that cuts off access to higher education, what they are doing is cutting off a path to the middle class for millions of Americans, and every American, young and old, should be concerned about that.

Thank you, Ranking Member Van Hollen, for all of your work on this. Mr. Chair, there are many damaging cuts in this budget, but I would like to speak just a minute about the cuts to education. In ancient civilizations, literacy and…

I encourage my colleagues of course to support the amendment and I thank you all for your support.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I want to thank you and Ranking Member Engel for including my amendment to H.R. 1771 in the en bloc package.

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the subject of my Special Order. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the…