Mr. Speaker, 10 years ago, in one of the most tragic moments of our country's history, terrorists hijacked commercial jetliners to murder nearly 3,000 innocent people on American soil. In this darkest hour, the people of our Nation came…

the greatest spread of democracy and freedom in the history of the world.

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on H.R. 2076, as amended, currently under consideration. The SPEAKER pro…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, violent crimes that impact multiple victims in mass shootings in particular are unpredictable and, in addition to sending shock waves through the communities impacted, often test the…

Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. {time} 1610 The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Gowdy) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 2076, as…

I thank the gentleman from Michigan, and I would tell the distinguished former chairman of Judiciary, I am not aware of a single instance in my 16 years as a prosecutor where the FBI was asked to provide help and didn't do so, and I know…

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 2076) to amend title 28, United States Code, to clarify the statutory authority for the longstanding practice of the Department of Justice of providing investigatory…

my ire is not directed at you or the agencies, but rather, I reflect the very passionate frustration of many, many Americans when it comes to immigration issues.

These bills, it seems to me, want to keep a minority of wealthy environmental radicals from running roughshod over the rights of the majority of the people who live in those areas.

If we don't wake up in this country and realize how important private property is to both our freedom and our prosperity, we are going to drastically change what this country has been throughout its history.

this issue, visa-related immigration, should be easy because we are allowing guests to come into our country.

First off, let me say, I am Scotch-Irish, and I used Ireland earlier in an example only.

It is very obvious to me that we have got a broken visa system for overstays based on these numbers...

The sovereignty of this Nation is very, very important to me.

When you see statistics, such as a backlog of 1.6 million people have overstayed their visas in the United States...

I want service members to know they are talented people who are important and appreciated by the American people.

Suicide is a difficult topic to discuss. Every suicide is a tragedy, but suicide by members of our military is even more difficult because they have given so much to this Nation.

I want to preface my statement by recognizing the tremendous work the Department of Defense and the service leadership has done to respond to the disturbing trend of suicide in our Armed Forces.