You have a distinguished record as the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas.

This gives the impression that we will not enforce our laws, which, indeed, contributes to the magnet of illegal immigration.

I believe such actions would violate our Constitution and the laws of the land.

Senator Cornyn made mention of the issues at the border and the surge we had over the summer of unaccompanied minors.

We should be deeply concerned about the damage that such unilateral executive actions would have to our already broken immigration system.

As you know, Ms. Saldana has been nominated to serve as the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Assistant Secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a position of profound importance to our country, and particularly to my…

Mr. President, I rise today to present the North American Energy Infrastructure Act. It is a bipartisan piece of legislation that I think is very important to helping our country build the infrastructure we need to truly become energy…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent for 10 minutes or as much time as I might need to discuss an important energy issue. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

We are fortunate that Maria Contreras-Sweet, SBA's new Administrator, is addressing this inequity.

Mr. President, I appreciate the comments of my esteemed colleague from Texas, and I want to share my agreement with the important points he made so well. (The remarks of Mr. Hoeven pertaining to the introduction of S. 2823 are printed in…

H.R. 5176 provides a mechanism to retire these remaining PRLAs.

The authorization provided to the Secretary by this legislation will not only resolve certain preference right lease applications, but will also help resolve a tribal trust obligation to the Navajo Nation that has been unresolved for four…

H.R. 5176, that authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to retire coal preference right lease applications for which the Secretary has made an affirmative commercial quantities determination.

We appreciate their efforts and hope that this committee will act on the legislation before the end of this Congress.

I appreciate the subcommittee's willingness to hold this important legislative hearing on H.R. 5176, a bill I have sponsored with Representative Cynthia Lummis.

Thank you.

there is a demand for these loans; therefore, we should simply leave the system as it is and allow these 500-percent loans.

the only reason that we do not do that and that that kind of reform cannot come through the Senate at this moment is the money in politics problem.