Mr. Speaker, Religious Freedom Week began on Saturday and runs through June 29. Freedom of religion is a fundamental human right and is protected by our Constitution. The First Amendment protects freedom of religion, along with freedom of…

I am always seeking common--reasonable ways--commonsense, reasonable ways to address this question.

Let me be very clear. The legislation would not put people that were undocumented in front of those who had been in line.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to offer some observations regarding my first 6 months as a new Member of the 116th Congress. 2019 began with Democrat leadership denying the existence of an illegal immigration crisis at our southern border…

We are a proud nation of immigrants.

We have a border crisis. 144,000 illegals were apprehended in May alone.

Having been here a little longer than the gentleman, I have the historical perspective of how we dealt with immigration.

the argument always is that, you know, I know this Administration tries to pit black workers against immigrant workers

I am from Texas, so I know bridges cannot be closed.

But unfortunately, the Republican-controlled Senate did not have the passion and capacity to pass the legislation.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize a faith community in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, for its innovation in providing pastoral care to members of our community. The First Baptist Church of Perkasie recently unveiled a community center…

Currently, the State Department is limited in its authority to grant administrative leave to personnel serving in combat zones or high-threat, high-risk posts.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize two student athletes in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, that were recently honored at the 21st annual Kiwanis-Herald Scholar-Athlete Awards Banquet in Langhorne. Jessica Wilcox and Alex Goldsby, seniors…

Mr. Speaker, there is nothing more important than character, and I rise today to recognize an educator from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, who was recently honored as Character Builder of the Year by the Pennsbury LYFT. Blair Greiner, an art…

I have a serious problem with that.

So can you give me--my time is short. Do you have a percentage? Fifty percent? Sixty percent?

I just recently spoke at the Howard University about copyright and social justice, which is something that a lot of people don't equate copyright with, but copyright is an aspect of social justice.

So your action item would be that you will be studying the processes that have been established.