I think the Chairman is correct that we need to work together.

Texas will stand in the very noble position to receive the funding necessary for reimbursement.

The idea was for 20 children or 100 children to be handled by HHS, a more humanitarian--it was not an open-door policy.

The Federal Government is doing its work--I think that is going to be my role today.

I have worked over the years on human trafficking and human smuggling, and none of that will be diminished in light of the title of this hearing.

One of the great benefits of natural gas extraction and the impact it is having on the economy of my home State of Pennsylvania, as well as the Nation, is the benefit it provides to our manufacturing sector.

I do believe that DACA and our failure of enforcing our immigration laws are the cause of this.

If it is not our lack of enforcing immigration laws, why don't they stop somewhere in Mexico?

I am just worried about where the money is coming from and does that mean that that pot gets drained a little more?

We shouldn't be surprised because we saw it coming as far back as January.

We have our own major shale play in Pennsylvania that is now making meaningful contributions to our Nation's natural gas supply.

Any Member of Congress that starts talking about a pathway to amnesty--and that is what it is--lays out the welcome mat for people around the world that want to come into the United States illegally while our borders are not secured.

It is irresponsible to talk about what we will do before we can stop the flow into the country.

When we talk about pathway to citizenship, I believe it is not only about the 11 million that are here. I am worried about the 11 million more that will come because of that.

We are either going to be a country that respects our rule of law, or we are not.

If we don't do the due diligence to make sure that we are not allowing people into this country that will harm Americans, which I believe is our first priority of Government, is to protect the American people, then we are not doing our job.

When I saw our population grow by 50 percent but our tax revenue stay the same, realizing we had an illegal immigration problem, the quality of services suffered.

I understand that some industries that rely on natural gas as a feedstock or energy uses are concerned that new demand for natural gas by the transportation sector, or an aggressive move to export natural gas, might dramatically increase…