For a manager to invest political capital in that endeavor is a big deal.

We need to cutoff the supply of fentanyl, including by sanctioning China-based suppliers and money launderers.

I guess I fundamentally take issue with the fact that the previous policy was pristine and working. It was racist.

America was built on immigration.

the long proud tradition of America is to be that beacon on the hill, that one safe haven where those who suffer persecution, violence, can find a new home.

Statement for the Record; submitted by Rep. Connolly.

Children are dying. Maternity hospitals are being blown to smithereens by a depraved sociopath in the Kremlin.

Reasonable immigration measures to protect the border but to allow for this influx of people who want to come here is in America's interest.

We're talking about human beings. When we use terms like illegal aliens we objectify human beings.

The United States must ensure that every--in each attempt to recognize the Assad regime or to normalize relations with it is met with clear public and private condemnation and real consequences.

Under President Biden's Administration we have yet to see any real implementation of the Caesar Act.

Normalizing dictator Bashar Al-Assad is normalizing absolute inhumanity and depravity.

There can never be accountability for the tens of thousands of innocent civilians that lay in mass graves in Syria if those responsible for their brutal torture, murder, and inhumane burial are admitted back into the international…

It is vital that the United States, including this Administration or any future Administration, not recognize the Assad regime as the legitimate government of Syria and that it never normalizes relations with this awful dictator.

The issuance of General License 23, a blanket license that opens the door for sanctions evasion and funneling of money to the Assad regime, will do nothing to alleviate the suffering of the Syrian people.

I find it disconcerting that we are not able to ask questions of two of our witnesses.

I think you have got your work cut out for you.

Cybersecurity is a defining political, economic, and national security challenge for our time.

Well, I just say there might be--we might all have cause to say lions, tigers, and bears, oh my, but it ain't about the Biden policies. It's about the previous Administration that left a mess and that cost lives because of the decisions…

I thank my dear friend, the former chair and now the ranking member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, for his leadership and friendship. I also thank my dear friend from Missouri, Congresswoman Wagner, who has served America in many roles…

Was there a president who said that he believed the word of, you know, a sociopath, Vladimir Putin, over his own intelligence community with respect to Russian interference in American elections?

Was there a president who disparaged anyone that said it was obsolete and we probably do not really need it anymore?

Was there a president who denied Javelins, a critical part of the arsenal for Ukraine to defend itself before the war that began last February and March, over a political issue, trying to get dirt on a political opponent?

I assure you my friends on the other side of the aisle, probably joined by a fair number of people on this side of the aisle, are going to expect that the workplace requirements change with that change without dictating what those are.

All of us have stories of loved ones, and friends, and associates who died from COVID because protocols weren't in place, vaccines weren't yet ready.