I find it more than alarming. I find it disturbing and reprehensible.

the United States should be unapologetic in promoting the principles of entrepreneurship, economic freedom, and free trade.

Sanctions with a regime that does not seem to care about what happens to its people are very difficult and all indications suggest that the Kim regime is not taking the interest of the North Korean people at stake here.

But I do take seriously that they continue to try to develop longer range missile technology and so forth and as they acquire and develop that technology, they really are a threat to not only our regional partners and allies, but Guam and…

When Panama rolled up the largest shipment of North Korean conventional weapons in July of last year on a Korean freighter trying to go through the Panama Canal, that was an indicator that the rest of the world gets the message.

Sanctions by the United States alone are very limited effectiveness.

Today Hamas is engaged in a similar murderous effort with its rocket attacks at Israeli communities, again provided by Iran, but in this case with very little success, thanks to Israel's Iron Dome Antimissile Defense System.

These killers must be brought to justice and we should be doing all we can to assist Israeli authorities to ensure that that happens.

Amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 5041 offered by the Honorable Michael T. McCaul.

And I think in our State of Texas, we ought to be concerned because we generate 11 percent of the energy in this country and we are going to bear better than 20 percent of the burden for this.

Isn't it fair to say we are borrowing from China, money, so our neighbors can put solar panels on their house?