that it is a program that we believe is illegal.

I think it is a stretch to say that there is no connection at all between people receiving free healthcare in this country who are here illegally...

Illegal aliens are entitled to the same taxpayer-funded health benefits as American citizens? That does not comprehend with me.

I want to first commend the Administration on the appointment of Andrea Gacki as the new Director of FinCEN.

It is clear that if changes are not made, Congress must act to delay the rulemaking's effective date.

America has always taken the lead in these areas. And just speaking as a taxpayer, I absolutely endorse its extension.

we have probably, I mean, failed a generation of Iranians and, I think, endangered a significant number of people who were hoping against hope that the U.S. would lead the way as a voice of freedom.

The responsibility for human rights is not just government's responsibility.

we needed the voices from the top of the United States, our president, our secretary of state, our influencers, to be explicit in their realtime backing for the heroism of the women of Iran.

the kinds of rhetoric that you just invoked and quoted flies in the face of everything that our democracy stands for

We shouldn't be endorsing one theological interpretation over the other.

Madam Speaker, I rise today to celebrate and pay tribute to the Grateful Dead. Last night, the Dead and Company closed out their final act in San Francisco, and while this marks the end of an era, it also gives us an opportunity to reflect…

Just last week, this Committee passed the Unfunded Mandates Accountability and Transparency Act, UMATA, a bill I introduced, which aims to prevent exactly this scenario where the Federal Government passes significant costs onto the states…

It is simply not acceptable.

Friends have to be honest with friends. India has done better in the past and has to change course.

the world's democracies, led by the United States, have failed the women of Iran. That's just the truth.

I would point out that he is the only person under IRFA that was sanctioned because of serious allegations of killing Muslims.

Would it be fair to call the prospect of receiving free healthcare and other benefits an incentive for people to illegally cross into the United States?