the folks that I represent in South Carolina fully recognize--fully recognize--what most Americans, I think, agree on, and that is that we have a serious illegal immigration problem in this country.

I want to applaud the Chairwoman for defining amnesty for us.

I realize there are 12 to 20 illegal aliens in this country. That is a number that is thrown around.

Mr. Speaker, with the U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York this week and with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of the Islamic Republic of Iran giving his usual anti-American rant yesterday, I would like to make a few points about my concerns over…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to remove my name as a cosponsor of H.R. 639, the Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Rokita). Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from South Carolina? There…

Madam Speaker, when the health care bill known as ObamaCare was being debated in this Congress, Republicans said the bill would bankrupt our country, ration care for seniors, and cost Americans jobs. Well, that's exactly what will be…

Free trade equals jobs. Free trade agreements open up markets for U.S. products, but FTAs must be fair for U.S. manufacturers.

So to me, Mr. Chairman, this is pretty persuasive case, and I think the committee should be looking at something like this.

Good morning. Thank you for attending this morning. And I apologize. I am 4 minutes late.

Is there a second location under consideration at all?

What reassurance do you have to the American people as to space at the current location of Arlington Cemetery?

the Obama administration to finally cease its silence--and that is at best--and its enabling of this great crime against women and children.

Mr. Speaker, raising taxes on hardworking American families in this economy will not create new jobs. The President already explained that raising taxes in a down economy does not make sense. Washington's financial problems are not caused…

Sadly, the message is really clear. Do not locate in a union state because if you locate in a union state, you cannot leave.

We call on the administration, the State Department to have at least some semblance of the human rights policy and stop giving money to those groups that have a hand-in-glove relationship with the Chinese dictatorship.

Not so when it comes to women who are being degraded and humiliated, and their children destroyed, and their lives destroyed.

But the best thing I think we could do as a Nation, Admiral Mullen, is to provide capacity to will.

Al Qaeda is the biggest loser in Iraq; would you agree with that, Secretary Panetta?