Having been elected in 2004 to come to Congress, I got here and met someone else who was elected to come to Congress at the same time named Luis Fortuno. The Fortunos were a couple of the most wonderful, lovely people I have ever met, and…

America is a Nation founded on the rule of law, not the rule of men. That's why we have a Constitution and not a king. Law must apply to everybody and it must apply equally, regardless of race, color, or creed. People don't get to pick and…

I want to bring to the attention of the House a serious problem that we have encountered. It seems as though we have such a problem on our borders that now, in southeast Texas, in a small port city called Port Arthur, three illegal…

I bring you news from the third front--that being the southern border of the United States with Mexico. The first front, of course, is that engagement in Iraq; the second, in Afghanistan; the third, on our violent southern border. People…

A bipartisan group of Members representing all the southern border States today called for armed National Guard troops at the border. Our border State Governors have been specifically asking for troops over a year. Violence is escalating…

Mr. President, I rise today to speak on the financial regulatory reform, and particularly the effect of the Dodd proposal that came out of the Banking Committee on which I sit, that we have been voting on cloture on for this whole week. I…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Amendment No. 2 offered by Mr. Sessions: At the end of title IV, add the following new section: SEC. 407…

My amendment to the IMPROVE Act sets the record straight on the importance of competition in Federal contracting. My amendment simply clarifies that nothing in this bill restricts the current public-private competition requirements that…

I do want to thank the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Andrews) not only for his testimony before the Rules Committee yesterday, but also that of Mr. Conaway. With the intent of their legislation, they are trying to streamline the…

I join my good friend from Florida in acknowledging that many of the issues that we debate on this floor are not political issues. So I ask America and I ask my friends on the other side of the aisle, let us not internally implode over a…

In a recent editorial praising Arizona for its action to enforce immigration laws, Investor's Business Daily said the following: ``There are 460,000 illegal immigrants in Arizona, a number that increases daily, placing an undue burden on…

American business owners, large and small, have been telling the majority in this body for months that these health care bills were flawed and there is going to be a cost. There's going to be a cost in money--a lot of it--and a cost in…

Mr. President, I rise today to introduce a bill to designate the Buffalo Bayou as a National Heritage Area. This legislation will designate the 25-mile stretch of the Houston Ship Channel as the first National Heritage Area in Texas. This…

I bring you news from the third front. The third front is the border that the United States has with Mexico, almost 2,000 miles long. The first front, of course, is the battle in Iraq. The second is the one in Afghanistan. The third front…

As my friend has pointed out, this resolution, Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the statistics really don't tell the story because it is a story about people. Real people. She mentioned one from her State of Wisconsin. And there are too…

Because the Federal Government refuses to secure the border, States like Arizona have become desperate to solve the crisis. Arizona has a new illegal immigration law that is causing some heartburn for the open borders crowd. The new law…

The Republicans always want to dwell on distractions, but I believe that the American people are waiting for the health care reform bill to be implemented--and that it will. And it will save lives. But why are the Republicans standing on…

We are being told today by our friends, the Democrats, to trust Washington and to trust them. Yet the Obama- Pelosi legislation which passed this House earlier last year promised that, if Congress passed the $787 billion stimulus package…