According to the Department of Justice, 90 percent of the drugs smuggled into the United States entered through the land ports.
Federal funding for infrastructure would be a real investment, and this would not be the time to cut that kind of investment?
I do want to thank the Chairwoman coming from Michigan and making sure that we know full well that there are two borders, Northern and South...
I think steady growth of three months does put you into another--you get a real picture, I think, of where you are.
As President Bush was leaving office in the early part of 2009, President Obama is coming into office...
This is a very high unemployment rate.
Obviously I think we would prefer if it were 250,000 a month rather than 200,000, or even higher than that.
So I think we have got to pay particular attention to those veterans coming back from overseas. That is intolerably too high, 10.9.
Since February 2010, we have created about a million and a half jobs.
Technically the Recession ended when?
So 15.5 percent unemployment for African Americans. For Hispanic workers, the rate is 11.3? Is that correct?
Thanks very much. Unless Vice Chairman-designate Brady, or Members have any other questions, I think we are adjourned.
What I don't get, however, is how we reconcile that with your statement that we are not seeking regime change.
Our ultimate goal, not through the military exercise, but our ultimate goal is to see Qadhafi leave?
I sponsored the resolution supporting a no-fly zone with Senator Kirk.
the terrorists--the Taliban, al-Qaeda--they recruit people who are poor, people who are unemployed.
If we can do that in Northern Pennsylvania then we certainly should be able to do it on the Mexican border.
I can attest to the fact, visiting the border, of the astuteness of local law enforcement and their attention to securing their community, b...
