I think we're all really very concerned about what's happening.

I'm concerned that during periods of multiple large fires in other regions, California will be left with an insufficient number of Federal aircraft to meet the normal initial and extended attack workload.

Madam Speaker, our good friend from the State of Utah posed the question: What do the American people want? I suppose that most of us would like to hunt on public land and fish, and the underlying bill does that. Unfortunately, tacked on…

Mr. Speaker, over the weekend, the situation went from bad to worse in Sudan, with military clashes erupting into a full-blown crisis along the troubled border region between Sudan and South Sudan. President al-Bashir, wanted by the…

As cofounder and cochair of the Congressional Out of Poverty Caucus, I rise today to continue talking about the tide of poverty that impacts every single district all across our country. I rise to call on all of my colleagues to come…

Thank you very much. First, let me thank my colleague, Congresswoman DeLauro, for yielding and those kind words. But let me just thank you for not only organizing this Special Order, but for really continuing to beat the drum so that the…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding and for giving us all this opportunity to speak about what is happening on the floor today. It's happening just as we have returned from 2 weeks with our constituents, listening to them talk…

ICE was perfectly willing to come and testify today. It was the Chairman who disinvited them.

I think this oversight hearing is an important one.

Copyright is for the author first and the Nation second.

I think it is a good time for us to check in to learn the vision of each of them and to make sure that they are in accord with the vision that the Congress, on a bipartisan basis, has on behalf of the Nation.

E-Verify is supported by 82 percent of the American people.

Identity theft is a significant and growing problem in the United States.

I would simply say that, of course, we all appreciate the work that the employees of the Library of Congress do every day on behalf not only of the Congress but of the American people.

The Chairman proposes that we mandate the use of E-Verify without otherwise reforming our immigration laws, but that will only make matters worse.

Mr. President, I wish to thank the Senator from Tennessee for his constructive comments. He and I have spoken about trying to work on a relevant standard at the beginning of a bill as a way of moving a bill forward with the greatest…

I just wish to simply say that then what happens is that then the majority leader is forced to fill the tree. That creates problems on the other side because the tree is filled. But that is in response to an unwillingness on the part of…

Mr. President, what we have just witnessed is an example of why the Senate is too often tied into knots. We have a bill that is critical to every one of our States that is pending, the postal reform bill. The leader tried to move this bill…