If we cannot do the right things for our land and our crops when the job needs to be done, farming and ranching will be much more costly and more difficult.

Is it then lawful or unlawful for one to pay protesters and encourage them to become violent?

Was Baltimore a time there should have been more of a warrior mentality when they were facing rock-throwing mobs?

I think that if there is evidence that someone was being paid to engage in violent protests and engage in violence, then that is a serious problem.

If you were presented with information that indicated that there was a funder or funders who had hired protesters... would that be worthy of an investigation?

To harm future generations.

What impact would that have on the economy and economic growth?

But the real driver is health care.

the only way to truly help our children is to allow States and localities to have flexibility to spend Federal foster care money on what works best for their kids

Group homes are expensive. Some research indicates that they are up to 10 times more expensive than family-based homes.

I have worked for decades to ensure that every child gets to grow up in a safe and loving family.

Children should not be forced to grow up in an institution. It cannot be said enough that children fare better when with family.

Foster youth want the same thing as other children. They want a mom and a dad, and they want a place to call home.

I believe the debt burden that we are placing on our children and grandchildren and the negative economic impact that debt burden will have is a great moral tragedy that gets little attention.

I thank the gentleman from Alabama for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I would say, first of all, that neither the gentleman from Massachusetts nor the one from Chicago can quote any anti- immigrant statements from anybody over on this side. That…

Madam Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. I rise in support of H.R. 36. I would point out that we have had an estimate of 58 million abortions in this country since Roe v. Wade. That is roughly 14 million by Planned Parenthood…

It is important to thank the chairman and the ranking member for holding this hearing and thank the witnesses for the very important testimony that you folks have given.

Mr. President, this week, I introduced a bipartisan resolution to commemorate National Police Week, which this year began on Monday, May 10, and ends on Saturday, May 16. Senator Leahy, the ranking member of the Committee on the Judiciary…