Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to H.R. 4138, the ENFORCE Act. The ENFORCE Act seeks to diminish the power of the executive branch by giving Congress the ability to act as an enforcement agency. As the most do-nothingness House of…

Mr. Chairman, I offered an amendment to this patently absurd piece of legislation when it was considered by the Judiciary Committee. My amendment stressed the importance of protecting the delicate balance of power that the Constitution…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise today in opposition to a bill that perhaps could more appropriately be called the ``Failure to Execute Our Legislative Responsibilities Act.'' This bill is a legislative solution in…

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

American manufacturing has been the nation's economic engine throughout much of the 20th century.

I would like to submit two items into the record.

We need to take a closer look to improve the notice and takedown notice under DMCA.

I asked my questions and so, yeah.

While the U.S. remains one of the most productive nations per manufacturing employee, offshoring has resulted in a loss of approximately 7.8 factory jobs since 1979.

I must say I was disappointed that the budget request proposes new entitlement spending, while recommending nearly $1 billion in cuts to the Department of Homeland Security.

I hope that when we look at the increased budget for personnel for agents--Border Patrol agents, that we take a look at the increase that the Department has proposed to make sure that that can be applied to border agent overtime so that we…

Budgets are important documents, not just operationally, but because they expose priorities.

My bill, H.R. 3392, the Medicare Part D Patient Safety and Drug Abuse Prevention Act, will reduce fraud and abuse without negatively impacting Medicare beneficiaries.

I want to thank committee member Rep. Gus Bilirakis for his bill, H.R. 3392, which would establish a patient-assignment program in MA and Part D drug plans to protect patients who have demonstrated drug-abuse behavior.

Unfortunately, the realities of growing threats are not reflected in the proposed budget.

Mr. Chairman, I thank the chairman for his support, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to Master Sergeant David Poirier, a Rhode Islander who served in the New Hampshire National Guard. On February 28, Master Sergeant Poirier died in a noncombat-related incident while serving in the…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add, at the end of the bill, the following: SEC. 3. REPORT. Not later than the last day of…