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If the gentleman from Pennsylvania has no further speakers, I am prepared to close.

If the gentleman from Pennsylvania has no further speakers, I am prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.

With a detailed poll showing that 54 percent of the American people now support statehood for our Nation's capital, the District of Columbia, we are optimistic about passage in the Senate of H.R. 51. I thank the House for passage of our…

I believe that this administration's efforts to rebuild this country contribute to the security of this country, its national security, and its homeland security, its economic security, and its possibilities and promise.

I join you condemning the authoritarian regime in Cuba and its repression of the people of Cuba.

I most certainly do, and on that point our Department, the Department of Homeland Security, is underway in the largest, most intense cybersecurity recruiting effort in the Department's history.

I recognize the issue and I am well aware of the issue that you have focused upon in this last question.

I think it is very noteworthy that we closed two facilities because of the substandard conditions maintained in those facilities.

We do not, and there are reasons for that, under the law.

Importantly, when it comes to detention, we are reviewing the detention architecture within ICE across the board.

There is unanimity that our immigration system is broken, and we need it fixed through legislation.

Our commitment is to be a nation of laws--laws of accountability, laws of humanitarian relief, to respect the dignity of the individual

If, in fact, people flout our laws we will exercise our enforcement authorities as the law provides.

The more we and all democracies can show the world that we can deliver--for our people, for each other--the more we can refute the lie that authoritarian countries love to tell.

When America does not lead on the global stage, others who do not necessarily have our best interests at heart fill the void.

The United States will be moving forward with the process to reopen our consulate in Jerusalem.

We must have the courage to insist on reforms that make the U.N. efficient and effective, and the persistence to see reforms through.

Yes, it is uncomfortable sitting side by side with these people, but it is as uncomfortable for them to be sitting next to us and for us to be calling them out