Many of us have seen it, but because of political desires people that gain a political advantage from having the political support, they are pandering to and catering to people that they know are lawbreakers. And this tragedy was 100…

I wanted to inform you that some of us have been doing some things to try to move this Congress and this country in the right direction.

I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum…

Mr. President, in 1965, Congress passed the original Elementary and Secondary Education Act as part of President Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty. The centerpiece of that law, then as now, is title I funding provided as a block grant to…

the Federal Government--and Obamacare in particular--is not working in the people's best interest.

So this notion that the government, the agency--in particular, CMS--is just spending its day, morning, noon, and night trying to stonewall the release of this information, I think, is not accurate, given the facts that I have just cited.

I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll. Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that morning business be extended until 4:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Madam President, just 12 days ago, Kate Steinle was walking along Pier 14 in San Francisco with her father when she was shot by an individual in this country illegally. At the age of 32--a very young age--her life was taken. Friends and…

I want to ask, have you sat down or do you have people in your Department that have sat down and calculated the resources necessary to enforce all of the law?

Let's just call it full enforcement, then, so I don't run out of time.

We're spending $13 billion on our southern border to secure our border.

If we can build interstate highway for $4 million a mile, we could take a third of that budget down there.

I thank the gentleman from Kansas, but I would ask if he will yield to a question before he retires. You mention your constitutional amendment to preserve marriage between a man and a woman. I would ask if you would be prepared to, if you…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Texas, and I appreciate very much his commitment to many causes, especially this cause. I recognize the gentleman from California that has arrived, and I point out that we are down to 3 minutes. I…

Mr. Speaker, we have heard from a list of solid constitutionalists here this evening that are not only committed to their oath to support and defend the Constitution, but, also, each committed to their own marriage throughout these years…

Mr. Speaker, reclaiming my time, I thank the gentleman from Texas. I appreciate his presentation here tonight and the many times and many hours that he has spent on the floor. I also would say for the record that the gentleman from Texas…

I will now shift over to the topic that I came to the floor to address, and that is the topic of the Supreme Court from the marriage decision, the decisions that actually came down from the Supreme Court--I believe it was a week ago last…