U.S. State Attorneys General

I certainly share your concerns about what would happen to the 800,000 DREAMers who have come out of the shadows if DACA is rescinded.

Senator Sessions was one of those, so he broke with the majority of the Republican Party to vote against that 2013 version.

Senator Leahy was the sponsor of the 2013 version.

The Violence Against Women Act is one of the pieces of legislation in this country that has always enjoyed strong bipartisan support.

Absolutely, Senator Hirono.

So in this area of voting rights, there is no question in my mind that who bears the burden to go forward to prove something has a very high burden.

Post-Shelby, the burden of going forward to show that a voter requirement law is discriminatory now rests with organizations, individuals such as the NAACP, correct?

Senator Sessions, in 1944, the Supreme Court handed down what is considered one of the worst rulings in the history of our country.

But you also indicated that you would support basically what would be considered enhanced vetting of people with extreme views.

You probably know, Senator Sessions, that I am an immigrant, and you indicated in one response that you would want immigration reform to center around skills-based immigration reform.

You indicated that I think at that point the AG's office has only so many resources and that may not be a high priority for you.

I have heard from immigrants in this country, LGBT Americans, women, and religious minorities who are terrified that they will have no place in President-elect Trump's vision of America.

It is not just compensation that attracts people to what we are doing in our intelligence community because service to the country is a very important motivation.

I think it is clear that we have tremendous concerns about the Russian hacking in our elections.

I think the gentleman is right. I don't know if Dan Coats will ever be able to retire. I know he wants to. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Stutzman), who is from the Third Congressional District in the northeast.

Reclaiming my time, I appreciate the gentlewoman's leadership in the Fifth District and throughout Indiana. It is just another example of, frankly, how we believe our State is great. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr…

I thank the gentleman. I quickly want to turn our attention and yield to the gentleman from Indianapolis, Mr. Andre Carson. He represents Indiana's Seventh Congressional District. Like us all, he is a fierce advocate for the different…

Our rebalance to the Asia-Pacific appears to gain in importance, given recent actions of North Korea and China.

I am concerned about the issue raised in the testimony of Paul Francis of the Government Accountability Office stating that committing to the block buy of the frigate variant of Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) at this point in time would be…

Should conflict arise, the reduced SSC inventory would result in delays for the arrival of required forces and/or risk to other missions.

A reduction to 40 ships, employed under the same operating constructs, would result in about six fewer ships deployed globally conducting steady state theater security operations.

The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program was scheduled to produce 52 ships. However, in December of 2015, the Secretary of Defense directed the Navy to reduce the LCS buy from 52 ships to 40.

I think it is really important that we have those kinds of very specific items that you are going to follow.

When we okay a block buy, then we are letting go of the oversight responsibilities that this Congress has.