. >> i yield to my good friend and colleague who has been a very powerful voice mario diaz-balart and thank you for joining us. he's a member of the appropriations committee and is honored to have you here. >> let me thank you for the opportunity to sit in for a few minutes. i will not stay for the entirety of the hearing because i have other meetings to go to but i could not let this moment pass without thanking you sir for your just steadfast leadership and your consistent leadership. whether it has been fighting for freedom and supporting the opposition in vietnam and communist china and north korea wherever there have been oppression mr. chairman you have always been consistent just like chairman iliana ros-lehtinen and i want to but thank both of you that i just want to make a couple of comments and the ranking member of was very kind in her introduction and mentioned how some of this might have some family history. the issue of human rights has nothing to do with family history because i for one am opposed to oppression in communist china, and north korea, in vietnam and i don't