Gerry Connolly

So we have incarcerated millions of people, arrested people, and decided marijuana is the most dangerous drug in the United States since the era of Richard Nixon.

The fact is we have a President and a budget that would cut a third of their budget, and that doesn't seem like a real high value being put on their work.

Are we, in fact, going to cut off economic relations or trade with 80 nations? It is an empty threat.

At the end of the day, I will give you one word that has to guide U.S. foreign policy in all respects but especially North Korea. That word is 'efficacy,' which is defined as the ability to produce a desired and intended result.

No. I think we have been working very hard to get the South Koreans to come around and be on the same page as we and the rest of our allies.

Is it the policy of the State Department that abrogating the free trade agreement with South Korea would be helpful in our diplomatic efforts?

He threatened to cut off trade with any country that trades with North Korea.

We have a model that works--of course, a lot of people on this committee didn't support it--and that is called JCPOA, the Iran nuclear agreement.

We talk a lot about bipartisanship, and we want bipartisan on this committee and in our foreign policy. But we don't get bipartisan when we ignore history or when we whitewash the statements and actions of the current President with…

If anyone is listening, Bangladesh, please call.

How can we in good conscience cut our health budget to these countries in half in light of what is happening in front of our faces?

The fact of the matter is the Trump budget slashes health for these three countries by 50 percent

That is not making America great again, that is making America weak again.

The cuts being proposed, the retreat being proposed, I think is profoundly deleterious to U.S. interests

It is not the Postal Service's responsibility; it is yours?

Is it not true that at most of the fentanyl coming into the United States is coming from China?

I must say to the gentleman, I am very impressed with what you just said about China. I knew it was big; I didn't know it was that big.

We are miserably losing this fight to prevent fentanyl from entering our country and killing our citizens.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 163, line 25, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $1,022,250)''. Page 164, line 23, after…

I thank my colleague and friend, Mr. Knight, for this bill. His leadership is really critical. In my district, like his, thousands and thousands of jobs are open because of this issue. We simply haven't gotten the security clearances done…

This bill responds to that imperative by reauthorizing the Human Rights Act of 2004 and prioritizing the protection of North Korean refugees and defectors.

The North Korean regime has conducted 17 ballistic missile tests in 2017 alone.

I want to thank my friend, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, for introducing this bill, the Korean Human Rights Reauthorization Act.

These measures reinforce longstanding U.S. foreign policy with respect to Taiwan and Hong Kong; protect U.S. citizens from the risks of travel to North Korea; and honor a giant of the Chinese human rights movement, who will not be…

You don't make a country great through retreat; you make a country weak through retreat.