U.S. House of Representatives
Recognizing the One-Year Anniversary of Former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya's Removal from Power
Monday, June 28, 2010 - 00:00
As a result of the shortsighted interference by the United States, the Lobo Administration has been forced to place its first focus on rebuilding its diplomatic relations with the international community, rather than tackling the many problems within thei
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 00:00
In Colombia, we have seen the impossible become possible. Once under siege by extremist groups and drug cartels, the people of Colombia and its government have transformed a dark past into a promising bright future.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 00:00
Whereas decades of violence caused by extremist groups forced up to 400,000 Colombians to seek refuge in other countries and produced 3,000,000 internally displaced persons within Colombia.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 00:00
While we should be reaffirming our alliance today, we should also be strengthening that alliance by passing the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement.
Thursday, June 17, 2010 - 00:00
Some of the kinds of people who are illegally entering this country, ... whose sole purpose is to further the illegal drug trade, whose sole purpose is to further illegal human trafficking, and whose sole purpose could easily be for terroristic reasons.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 00:00
We talked about border security, what we need to do on both sides of the border to improve security, to reduce the flow of drugs from Mexico into the United States, and reduce the flow of weapons from the United States into Mexico.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010 - 00:00
Fact: There are not 200 political prisoners in Cuba; there are thousands of political prisoners in Cuba.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010 - 00:00
Fact: There are not 200 political prisoners in Cuba ; there are thousands of political prisoners in Cuba
Tuesday, May 25, 2010 - 00:00
The escalating violence on the southern border is of unprecedented proportion. Unfortunately, the success of stabilizing that border is not in the number of bodies that we send down there, but the ability of those bodies to have full access to the border
Tuesday, May 25, 2010 - 00:00
I applaud the administration today for taking action. The deployment of the National Guard to our U.S.-Mexico border is a first start. The $500 million in supplemental funding to the U.S.-Mexico border will be greatly welcomed.