Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Susan Corbin, Jill Mueller, Paul Babiarz, and Charles Carithers, detailees to the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, be granted the privileges of the floor for the remainder of…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to urge my colleagues to pass legislation that limits the role of money in politics. Since the Citizens United decision in 2010, the role of fundraising and spending in political campaigns has gotten even more out…

My hope is that we can move forward on trade, including TPA.

If we can work that out, we can probably work out some of these issues as well.

What that is going to do is, as we know, it is going to tighten up the labor market and hopefully is going to have a positive effect on wages.

I think the President's idea has merit.

the Visa Waiver tourists support more than a half million American jobs.

let us think a little bit about common sense and let us think about not just values, but common views, a commonality of consensus.

Last Congress, two-thirds of the Senate came together and overwhelmingly passed such a measure.

more interior enforcement, particularly at workplaces, is vital to the success of a guest worker program.

First, we need a policy that is fair, one that will significantly reduce our Nation's budget deficit and one that will strengthen our economic recovery that is now underway.

But, I think all three of these factors point in one direction, and that is comprehensive immigration reform, not amnesty, not just you are here so we are going to make you citizens.

We need to actually address the business needs for high-skilled labor.

I also think we must look beyond our border and try to support efforts to address the root causes that are pushing some people to our country.

I also think of immigration reform as a force multiplier, done right, force multiplier in its own right.

Quit making this a political issue. Make this the human issue that it is that impacts families.

I think a comprehensive immigration reform could have assisted, is in making clear what the ground rules are.

I hope that is wrong. But, when you look back at the legislation about a year and a half ago, I can point out any number of things that I was not enthusiastic about, but I still believe that part of the solution for the issues that are…