U.S. House of Representatives
Thursday, April 10, 2014 - 00:00
Enforcing this ban would serve the dual purpose of improving public safety in the U.S. and reducing drug-related violence in Mexico.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014 - 00:00
The arrest of Leopoldo Lopez has nothing to do with justice and everything to do with silencing the political opposition and the Venezuelans' call for democracy; yet the Obama administration still has not taken any action against Maduro.
Friday, April 4, 2014 - 00:00
I have here a poster of Maria Corina Machado, a valiant human rights leader in Venezuela, and she is just one of the many victims of Maduro's thuggery.
Thursday, April 3, 2014 - 00:00
Madam Speaker, there has been a lot of misinformation today about the Cuban Twitter program. This is not a secret program. Cuba democracy programs are public.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 00:00
We have a President whose administration has been announcing that he has been deporting record numbers of people, but when you look at the numbers, you find out that he is double counting and he has changed the definition of "removals."
Tuesday, April 1, 2014 - 00:00
It is shameful that the Obama administration continues to neglect the suffering of the Venezuelan people. The time to sanction human rights violators in Venezuela is now.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 00:00
As a result of a more militarized border, we are also seeing migrants who are pushed away from community ports of entry into harsher and more dangerous terrain, leading to a jump in the number of deaths.
Monday, March 24, 2014 - 00:00
While much of our attention has been focused on the events in Ukraine and Russia, few nations are more closely tied to our national interests than Venezuela. The time for America to act is coming.
Thursday, March 13, 2014 - 12:05
So I would offer again to Georgia, come on into NATO. Ukraine, get stabilized a little bit so we can see what kind of government is going to emerge, but we ought to consider a stabilized government of Ukraine being an eligible candidate for NATO.