Foreign Affairs
Information regarding my stance on Foreign Affairs issues.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the life, service and sacrifice of General Vang Pao, who passed away yesterday evening in Clovis, California. General Vang Pao was a historic Hmong military leader who led his people against communist forces during a turbulent time in Laos from 1961 to 1975.
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Minutes Before Vote, Republican Leadership Circulated Misinformation Bill Contained Abortion
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H.R. 2103 Provides Strategy for U.S. Government to Reduce World's Number of Child Brides
Every year in the world's poorest countries millions of girls are forced into marriage. These girls - as young as age 8, but often 13, 14, 15 years old - are sold by impoverished parents to settle debts or they are given away to become wives to men years or even decades older.
Today, 25,000 girls - some as young as ten years old - will be robbed of their future when they are forced to marry much older men. It isn't marriage when a ten year old girl is given to a forty year old man. That is sexual abuse.
The practice of child marriage is wrong and it must end. The United States must take a stand against child marriage.
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This Week from Congresswoman Betty McCollum
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4th District Democrat Criticizes Republican Refusal to Fund the "Emergency" Needs Facing America's Families
Madam Speaker, across our country there are communities, businesses, and families that continue to struggle to escape an economic recession that has caused far reaching hardship and too much pain. Congress has a responsibility to ensure the economic security of the American people, as well as defend the national security of the nation.