It is a humanitarian crisis of huge proportions, and we have to deal with it.

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

Let me first of all acknowledge that this should not be political grandstanding.

The Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee, a Representative in Congress From the State of Texas:

In a survey of 404 by the United Nations, they found that 58 percent of these children were forcibly displaced and to a degree, it warranted international protection.

We have got to change that law. We have to, and treat the children who are coming from Central America just like we would treat the children coming from Mexico or Canada.

Let's say the buck stops here and let's just fix it and stop this carnage from happening.

The President just said a couple of days ago that he has decided to go it alone on immigration reform, that he is frustrated with the way things have happened.

Just throwing money at the problem alone--$2 billion, that is what the President has asked for--if we don't have a focused plan, or if we don't let the CBP officers or ICE do their jobs, then that money is wasted.

If we don't create a deterrent to stop that from happening, this untold carnage is going to continue to happen.

I do respectfully disagree with you on this issue with regard to the--you know, the deferred action on child arrivals.

I hope every college kid who is sitting here with their visions of the important world they are playing with social activism... will appreciate that when they are sitting in their dorm smoking dope purchased from these drug gangs.

I have been, as you know, a prosecutor and we have been fighting violence and drugs for the last decade or more.

This bill addresses a process problem rooted in statute that affects permitting for natural gas pipelines.

This legislation would give the Department of the Interior explicit authority to permit natural gas pipelines over Federal lands.

H.R. 1587 grants such authority, and represents a long-overdue amendment to the law.

The bills we are discussing today will clarify and streamline the natural gas infrastructure permitting process.

H.R. 1587, the 'Energy Infrastructure Improvement Act,' sponsored by Congressman Marino, will update the U.S. Code to reflect modern energy developments.