U.S. House of Representatives
Thursday, September 11, 2008 - 00:00
Currently, gift parcels sent by family members to other family members in Cuba cannot even contain clothing, hygiene kits, or medical supplies, and that is simply wrong. We shouldn't have that restriction. It should be lifted, if not completely, at least
Tuesday, September 9, 2008 - 00:00
Colombia deserves a vote. We need to bring the U.S.-Colombia trade agreement to this floor and to vote on it up or down.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008 - 00:00
I move to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution (H. Res. 1254) supporting the values and goals of the ``Joint Action Plan Between the Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil and the Government of the United States of America to Eliminate R
Friday, July 18, 2008 - 00:00
The Chavez administration has entered a “second wave” of political discontent
Friday, July 18, 2008 - 00:00
Whether more skillful and flexible diplomacy by the United States government would have prevented deterioration in its relations with President Chavez is a question on which there is little agreement
Friday, July 18, 2008 - 00:00
It is not necessary to declare Venezuela a state sponsor of terrorism although it obviously is
Friday, July 18, 2008 - 00:00
The concerns lie in an erosion of separation of powers and mechanisms of horizontal accountability (checks and balances), and the dominance of the governing party in representative institutions
Friday, July 18, 2008 - 00:00
It is hard to look at Venezuela these days and not take note of a number of
troubling anti-democratic developments
Friday, July 18, 2008 - 00:00
Our bilateral relationship today is troubled, characterized by resentment, suspicion, and misunderstanding