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With 610,000 students currently on charter school wait lists, virtual charter schools can provide a lifeline to children who are desperate to escape an underperforming school.

We have a great opportunity to work on things to make a difference in our children's lives.

I believe it is time for us, given this whole discussion of looking at how we invest, through taxpayer dollars, try to look at how we could make this charitable deduction work best for those of you who do some great things.

The charitable deduction and the rules governing tax exemption are in need of critical examination.

I think that it is very clear that I am very focused on one of the principles of immigration reform as family reunification.

This is no way for us to fix this broken system.

We should not get tunnel vision and forget the human element of immigration.

Well, for example, in my own community there are World War II Filipino veterans who fought alongside our troops...

I think that immigration reform should be guided by certain principles that reflect our values.

I think family-based immigration is essential to ensuring the continued vitality of the American economy...

Now, this is an issue that I know that we have been attempting to address for over a decade...

I certainly agree that we should not educate foreign students and then send them away to work for foreign competitors.

We are confronted with a broken immigration system, with 11 million undocumented people in our country.

I think it is abundantly clear that we need to avoid sequestration because the harm to our military, as well as on the civilian side, and the non-military spending will be quite devastating.

This is a self-inflicted situation and brought about by political gridlock. So it is going to take us sitting here, along with the President, to get out of this gridlock.

We strongly support increasing to effectively a universal background check system.

It is too easy for prohibited persons to evade the background check requirement.

I think that probably leads to a more heightened priority for those areas in terms of the safety of our people.

For the Americans who lost their lives in Benghazi-- Ambassador Chris Stevens, Sean Smith, Tyrone Woods, and Glen Doherty--they were heroes and they represented our country proudly.

By direction of the Democratic Caucus, I offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 52 Resolved, That the following named Members be and are hereby elected to…

Should climate surveys be tied to the commander's permanent personnel records?

Should climate surveys be kept to monitor potential long-term issues?

The continued budget uncertainties the Department faces will inhibit our ability refresh the workforce.

The furloughs have created difficult situations for many.