This is a dictator who has said, have at it, vigilante violence, and I think the number I think is 7,000 dead that we know of.

I have no further speakers on this side. I just want to echo the sentiments of Mr. McCarthy, the majority leader, in honoring a great artist who overcame enormous obstacles in his life to achieve great success and to make contributions to…

This would raise concerns in any administration. But for me, it's downright frightening in this administration.

I hardly think America is back. I think in the brief 6 or 7 months of this administration we have done nothing but retreat including from this area.

We are now in the happy company of two countries exactly--Nicaragua and Syria. What a proud moment for the United States.

Nothing is more catastrophic, starting with the retreat from the Trans-Pacific Partnership. It creates an enormous void in this region and gives enormous opportunities to our rival, China.

I thank my friend, the distinguished ranking member, for yielding. I don't know what our friend from Tennessee was talking about. I am not here as a liberal legislator. I am here as a local government person. I spent 14 years in local…

No civilized nation can kidnap somebody visiting that country with impunity, indefinitely, and with no cause.

I think it is also important... we have to be consistent.

Many of us have heard really poignant stories about someone who has been out of jail for 10 or 20 or even more years.

I thank my dear friend, the distinguished ranking member, and I thank my friend Mr. Royce, the chairman of the committee, for their leadership. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H. Res. 397, reaffirming the commitment of the United…

I thank my good friend for yielding. I rise to remind us that Martin Luther King once said: ``Injustice anywhere threatens justice everywhere.'' We are all in this together. The idea that we can cherry-pick whose rights we will proclaim…

Perhaps the most important issue for someone coming out of prison is the challenges he faced in finding employment.

To zero out UNICEF seems to be to be something that is not a particularly proud value that Americans would uphold.

I want to offer my congratulations to Chairman Gowdy, and I want to thank him for his first hearing.

I am not asking the others of you to take a position on what your state should do, but I am asking you whether or not you think Ban the Box legislation has been useful.

Sounds like a country we ought to be supporting, not cutting back in.

I have had the privilege of going to Taiwan 23 times since 1988.

You would never know that Donald Trump is under investigation and his campaign is under investigation because of his ties and their ties to Russia.

To call this an elevated involvement in the world would embarrass even George Orwell.

I strongly support increased accountability and whistleblower protection at the Department of Veterans Affairs. And I recognize that S. 1094 represents a compromise approach that was crafted specifically to address severe, long-standing…

I guess I am wondering what the Trump Doctrine means. Because to some of us it looks like making America great again in the realm of foreign policy means unilateral withdrawal and disruption.

He has embraced strongmen--Duterte of the Philippines; Erdogan of Turkey; Putin of Russia, el-Sisi of Egypt--while lecturing our closest allies about their commitments.

And in your budget, he has proposed a 32 percent cut in the Function 150 and Function 300 international affairs functions of the budget that would cripple our ability, frankly, to engage in serious diplomacy.

We have renounced the Paris Climate Agreement, signed by 195 countries. We have now joined the happy company of two, Nicaragua and Syria.