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With responsible, gradual reforms to the drivers of our debt, like Medicare and Social Security, the Ryan budget will balance. The Acting CHAIR. The time of the gentleman has expired.

The ``people's budget''? This budget, if enacted, would end this country as we know it. This budget increases spending, Mr. Chairman, by $13 trillion over 10 years. It takes $16 trillion more from the American people over 10 years through…

It sounds like we are piling on top of a broken system.

As my Texas colleague and chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Lamar Smith, has said, perhaps the most valid criticism of E-Verify is the identity theft loophole.

I would hope that this is one immigration-related issue where both sides could find common ground.

I introduced H.R. 5515, the New Employee Verification Act, or NEVA.

I don't believe there is a person in this Congress and, I suspect, sitting here in this audience who wouldn't agree that as a sovereign Nation, we have to do everything we can to make sure that we understand who is in our country and who…

As we work forward and make progress in trying to improve this program, the ultimate solution to what we are trying to address through E-Verify is to reform our broken immigration system.

Many would like to expand the E-Verify system, but we should not do so unless we first address the kinds of problems with the existing system that is identified in today's hearing.

Well, I hope, with your good assistance, the three of you, that this perhaps will be the last time we have to hold a hearing on identity theft, because perhaps this time Congress could get together, working with our chairman, to finally…

I have heard that some of these information resellers have some of the worst practices around.

I agree with every word you said about the subject that is up today, identity theft.

While we may have different views on the importance of Social Security benefits for today's seniors and future retirees, we are united in our concern about identity theft.

Let me urge this subcommittee to show the same diligence and thoroughness in examining some other critical issues.

This subcommittee is deeply concerned about this particular problem.

With your help, it will.

I am here to ask for your support of the East-West Center, which, although located in Hawaii, has international programs and, in fact, they have programs in most of the Members' States.

It is not a foreign aid program and people make that mistake, that somehow the East-West Center is an arm of our foreign aid.

In my book, clean air and the health of the American people trump profits for polluters every time. I urge my colleagues to vote against this rule and against this bill.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Hawaii will be postponed. Amendment No. 11 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee of Texas The Acting…

I would like to close by reiterating once again that I think it is interesting that the FAA chooses to focus on the causes of cockpit smoke. Frankly, if there is smoke in the cockpit, I don't know that we need to be focusing that much on…

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. In view of the fact that you are in agreement with my amendment, if you would be so kind as to yield a minute of your time to my colleague, Colleen Hanabusa, so she may submit her remarks on this amendment.

I want to thank Subcommittee Chair Petri and Mr. Mica for accepting my amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The time of the gentlewoman has expired.

We are a week away from a government shutdown where this House has been unable to reconcile its differences with the President.