Mr. Chairman, clearly as my colleagues have noted, the ENFORCE Act is a deeply flawed piece of legislation. It would give any legislative majority a blank check to challenge in court by filing a lawsuit any decision of the executive branch…

If you use a government service, pay for the government service. If you use airport security, pay for the airport security.

I know Congress always ignores Presidential budgets and we are going to ignore this one.

This is a very vital Department to our country. I know you take that seriously.

I rise today in opposition to both H.R. 4138, the so- called ENFORCE Act, and H.R. 3973, Faithful Execution of the Law Act. {time} 1500 These bills reveal a Republican majority that is more interested in undermining the President that in…

Mr. Chairman, I rise today in opposition to the ENFORCE Act. For 20 years, our immigration system has been left to rot due to congressional inaction. As a result, today we have over 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the shadows…

Mr. Speaker, last week, the number of those cut off from emergency unemployment insurance surpassed 2 million Americans-- men and women who worked hard but lost their jobs through no fault of their own. I represent northeastern…

Instead of fixing our broken immigration system, Republicans are doubling down on costly deportation and detention practices that are costing taxpayers millions and tearing families apart. Mr. Chairman, we can't fix the problem by ignoring…

We need to rely more on our Air Guard and Reserve, and I appreciate that comment.

We have been blessed with President Obama's first additive manufacturing institute of these 15 institutes he wants to stand up in the field of manufacturing.

we are forcing a lot of that down on you.

It is too high, too many, still happening.

My concern is that we are hurting the mission at reserve bases like Youngstown by subjecting them to a death by a thousand cuts.

I think this just feeds into--I mean, there is always a level of cynicism on how the government is doing business.

Having a tire manufacturer as the manager as well as the vendor creates a perception of a lack of competition.

General Amos, it is sad to see you depart, but I have a feeling that you will still be around.

The defense industrial base is an important national asset, which those of us in the industrial Midwest certainly know.

We are trying to do here is export more of this newly accessed natural gas that we have in the United States.