In closing, I urge my colleagues to support my amendment and uphold our obligations to our fellow Americans and partners around the world. We are a country that keeps its promises, and we must do so well into the future. Madam Chair, 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: At the end of title VII, add the following new section: SEC. 708. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON AMERICANS AND…

I want to thank the gentleman from New York (Mr. Delgado) for yielding, and I want to thank Chairwoman Velazquez for prioritizing this critical issue and bringing our bill to the floor. I also want to thank my friend and colead on H.R…

I am thankful for the chair for calling this hearing, and again, I wish we had greater participation.

This Subcommittee has an important oversight responsibility, and adjudication wait times falls squarely within the kinds of issues we should watch.

I think we heard from three nonpolitical civil servants, career individuals who spent their lives trying to implement a program efficiently and effectively.

I ask that a statement from the United States Chamber of Commerce dated July 16, 2019, be included in the record.

I wish I had heard the same concerns and outrage from my colleagues when President Obama's DACA program resulted in long adjudication wait times for immediate relative green card applications.

Today, we are once again here to discuss the opioid crisis, an epidemic that this country has been battling for years.

Fentanyl is exceedingly dangerous. It is 50 times more powerful than heroin, 100 times more powerful than morphine.

It can be bought anonymously on the Dark Web, and because it is so potent, small but deadly quantities of the drug can be shipped in packages.

I can assure all of you, and everyone in the audience, this committee does intend to stay on this issue.

Fentanyl can be used on its own or can be mixed with other drugs.

Today, we are here once again to discuss the opioid crisis, an epidemic this country has been battling for years.

I would not be received well if I said, well, I am going to simply change the processing time because we can't meet it.

This is no longer a policy maintained by Facebook.

I agree with my distinguished colleague from North Dakota that antitrust analysis is obviously very fact specific, and case specific, and industry specific and so forth.

Fentanyl is extremely dangerous. It is 50 times more powerful than heroin, 100 times more powerful than morphine.