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WASHINGTON—Rep. Matt Salmon (AZ-05) released the following statement regarding the Taiwan—Philippines dispute:
“Last week, within Taiwan’s 200 nautical-mile-from-shore Exclusive Economic Zone, a Taiwanese fishing vessel was fired upon by the Philippine Coast Guard in South China Sea. As a result of this aggressive action by the Philippines, Hong Shi-cheng, a crew member and Taiwanese national, was shot and killed.
WASHINGTON—Today, Congressman Matt Salmon (AZ-05) announced his cosponsorship of H.Res. 36, the establishing of a select Congressional committee to fully investigate and report on the attack on the United States consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Rep. Salmon, Chairman of the Committee on the Western Hemisphere of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, released the following statement regarding his support for H. Res 36.
WASHINGTON—Chairman Matt Salmon (AZ-05) and Ranking Member Albio Sires (NJ-08) of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs issued the following joint statement regarding the recent expulsion of USAID from Bolivia.
WASHINGTON—Today, House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Chairman Matt Salmon (AZ-05), along with House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) and Rep. Jeff Duncan (SC-03) introduced H.R. 1613 the Outer Continental Shelf Transboundary Hydrocarbon Agreements Authorization Act, a bill that approves and implements the Transboundary Hydrocarbons Agreement (TBHA) originally signed with Mexico in February 2012 by then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Mexican Foreign Minister Castellano at the G-20 summit in Los Cabos.
Chairman Matt Salmon (AZ-05) and Ranking Member Albio Sires (NJ-08) of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs issued the following joint statement regarding the most recent election results in Venezuela.
WASHINGTON—Today, Chairman Matt Salmon (AZ-05), Ranking Member Albio Sires (NJ-08), and Rep. Ron DeSantis (FL-06) of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs sent the following letter to Mr. Shawn Carter and Mrs. Beyoncé Knowles-Carter regarding their recent trip to Cuba. The letter highlights several recent abuses imposed by the Castro regime on the Cuban people, including the wrongful imprisonment of Alan Gross, violence against women, and persecution of political opponents and freedom seekers.
WASHINGTON—Today, Congressman Matt Salmon (AZ-05) released the following statement concerning the passing of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
“My heart goes out to our friends in Great Britain, and the family of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher this morning.
With a will of iron, she never wavered in her commitment to free market and conservative values, fought tirelessly for limited government, and was a force for good during a difficult period in our world’s history.
It occurred to me recently that President Obama and House Democrats managed to force ObamaCare onto the American people in just over 400 days.
Yet, it's been over 1,600 days since the application for the Keystone XL Pipeline from Canada was submitted to the State Department — and the administration continues to stall on approving or disapproving the project.
In the case of ObamaCare, the administration acted quickly to ensure Congress passed legislation that then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi admitted needed passage before "we can find out what is in it."
WASHINGTON—Today, Rep. Matt Salmon (AZ-05) released the following statement regarding the launching of his District Issue Advisory Committees: |
Chairman Matt Salmon of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, and Ranking Member Albio Sires, issued the following statement condemning the Cuban government’s continued human rights abuses against pro-democracy activists on the island: