Jim Webb: “One of the precepts in ASEAN is that, if you are a member, then you are treated equally inside ASEAN, as a member.”

However, the administrative process which is the specific topic of your hearing today, is subject to unreasonable delays, lacks clear guidance and is expensive.

I ask to speak on an amendment I have sent to the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Amendments are not in order at this time, but it can be submitted.

when you make that determination, you should be making it in the U.S. Congress not by one individual of whichever party who happens to be the President.

If the government is so repressive that it deliberately kills its own people--that is the standard where you say that government no longer has validity--then it does not matter how powerful that government is.