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Gerry Connolly
@gerryconnolly· Democratic · VA· Jul 27, 2015

Walking away from this agreement, you need to take responsibility for the consequences to Israel.

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Tim Kaine
@timkaine· Democratic · VA· Jul 26, 2015

Mr. President, on Friday, July 24, 2015, as a result of a clerical error, I was inadvertently listed as a cosponsor on McConnell amendment No. 2328. Today, a unanimous consent request was filed by the majority leader's office to remove my…

Congressional Record · 2015-07-26
Bob Goodlatte
@bobgoodlatte· Republican · VA· Jul 23, 2015

Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous materials on H.R. 3009, currently under consideration. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is…

Congressional Record · 2015-07-23
Bob Goodlatte
@bobgoodlatte· Republican · VA· Jul 23, 2015

Madam Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution 370, I call up the bill (H.R. 3009) to amend section 241(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to deny assistance under such section to a State or political subdivision of a State that…

Congressional Record · 2015-07-23
Bob Goodlatte
@bobgoodlatte· Republican · VA· Jul 23, 2015

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 1 minute to respond to both gentlemen from California. First, with regard to Mr. Becerra, the fact of the matter is that title 8 of the United States Code, section 1373, related to communication between…

Congressional Record · 2015-07-23
Bob Goodlatte
@bobgoodlatte· Republican · VA· Jul 23, 2015

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 30 seconds to respond to the gentleman from California to tell him that the law that sanctuary cities are violating is title 8, section 1373 of the United States Code, communication between government agencies…

Congressional Record · 2015-07-23
Bob Goodlatte
@bobgoodlatte· Republican · VA· Jul 23, 2015

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 15 seconds to say, yet again, nothing in this bill requires any officer to ask any question of any victims of crime about their immigration status. All it does is prohibit cities and counties from ordering their…

Congressional Record · 2015-07-23
Bob Goodlatte
@bobgoodlatte· Republican · VA· Jul 23, 2015

Madam Speaker, I yield myself 15 seconds to say to the gentleman from North Carolina, this bill has everything to do with what happened in San Francisco. The tragic murder of Kate Steinle was because the city of San Francisco was not…

Congressional Record · 2015-07-23
Bob Goodlatte
@bobgoodlatte· Republican · VA· Jul 23, 2015

Madam Speaker, I yield myself 15 seconds to say again, nothing in the bill requires any officer to ask any question of any victim of crimes about their immigration status. All it does is prohibit cities and counties from ordering their…

Congressional Record · 2015-07-23
Bob Goodlatte
@bobgoodlatte· Republican · VA· Jul 23, 2015

I yield myself an additional 15 seconds. There is nothing in this bill that requires any officer to ask any question of any victims of crimes about their immigration status or to reveal that information to the INS. So I would urge folks to…

Congressional Record · 2015-07-23
Bob Goodlatte
@bobgoodlatte· Republican · VA· Jul 23, 2015

Mr. Speaker, I reserve a point of order. The SPEAKER pro tempore. A point of order is reserved. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Jeffries moves to recommit the bill H.R. 3009 to the Committee on…

Congressional Record · 2015-07-23
Bob Goodlatte
@bobgoodlatte· Republican · VA· Jul 23, 2015

Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to oppose this motion to recommit. It would give the discretion to the Attorney General of the United States and the ability to determine whether or not such reductions provided in this legislation would…

Congressional Record · 2015-07-23
Bob Goodlatte
@bobgoodlatte· Republican · VA· Jul 23, 2015

Mr. Speaker, I yield the balance of my time to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Gowdy), the chairman of the Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee, to close our debate.

Congressional Record · 2015-07-23
Bob Goodlatte
@bobgoodlatte· Republican · VA· Jul 23, 2015

Madam Speaker, I yield myself 15 seconds to make very clear nothing in this bill requires any officer of the law to ask any question of any victims of crime about their immigration status. All it does is prohibit cities and counties from…

Congressional Record · 2015-07-23
Bob Goodlatte
@bobgoodlatte· Republican · VA· Jul 23, 2015

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I support H.R. 3009, the Enforce the Law for Sanctuary Cities Act, and commend Representative Hunter for introducing this legislation. It helps to address one of the main factors…

Congressional Record · 2015-07-23