But I showed up in that restaurant, and there were about 100 people there that day, and I did not get to eat lunch because just one after another they stood up and told me how important the Chickamauga Lock was to their businesses.

In my view, it is irresponsible for Congress to expect our Nation's infrastructure to keep pace with all that our modern economy requires when we do not provide the resources necessary to even properly maintain these critical assets.

Where is the outrage? about Olmsted and talking about 32 years to take something that was supposed to take 7 years.

I can tell you that you cannot serve on this subcommittee very long before you realize that the people of this country take all these subjects that we deal with in here very much for granted.

Well, what we should be looking for is actions by individuals within groups, statements made that send signals...

Are we really serious about completing the mission, securing our border?

Thank you, Madam Chairwoman.

if America is serious about dealing with this problem we can do so because we can do anything that we put our minds to.

If there was ever a reason to fix our immigration system, this hearing highlights it.

And here is the problem we have. If you are an Air Force member and you have an American Muslim in the group...

But there comes a point in time when the rest of us have to defend ourselves and our way of life.

I cannot say I understand, because I do not.

I would like to commend Congresswoman Chu for your leadership on this issue.

Mr. Speaker, as I traveled across the Second Congressional District of South Carolina over the last constituent workweek, I became increasingly aware of a growing relationship between the Savannah River National Laboratory and one of their…

You are so quick to make everyone else follow the rules, and you can't follow your own rules.

The notion that you have to spend $800,000 to exchange ideas is laughable and perhaps criminal.

I hate that you robbed yourself of the satisfaction of knowing what it feels like to do it yourself instead of spending someone else's money to do it.

The need for a hearing like this epitomizes our fellow citizens' frustration with government.