I really think it is time that Congress starts holding someone responsible.

There is so much duplication within the DOD, and I think that we do need to hold people accountable and streamline and find efficiencies where we can.

Can we recognize that the population of our male prisons are substantially greater than the populations of our female prisons?

Violent criminals can come from just about anywhere.

If they happen to see that criminals are coming out of that profile, are you prohibited, then, to give greater scrutiny, by law, to that profile?

So, as law enforcement officers, are you prohibited from looking for a person based upon a profile?

Against the law. Could you cite the laws that prohibit law enforcement from profiling?

It's curious to me, when I look at the report from 2015, from Syria, 1,573 Sunni Muslims admitted under that and 29 Christians.

Would that be an indicator, then, that...

Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairman for working together with others to bring this bill forward. I rise in full support of H.R. 158, which is the Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015. We all know that…

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Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 2914. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Iowa [Mr. Grassley] proposes an amendment numbered 2914 to amendment No…

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Pursuant to section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and the waiver provisions of applicable budget resolutions, I move to waive all applicable sections of that act and applicable budget resolutions for the purposes of amendment…

Mr. President, on this side, we yield back all of our time. Mr. President, the pending amendment No. 2908 contains matter that is not within the jurisdiction of the Finance or HELP Committees and is extraneous to H.R. 3762, a…

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Mr. President, today I am introducing the Biodiesel Tax Incentive Reform and Extension Act of 2015. I am pleased to be joined by Senator Cantwell. Our bill will modify the biodiesel fuel blenders credit to a domestic production credit, and…

Yes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk called the roll.