Brian Bilbray

The term partial-birth abortion, to a layman and to most physicians, would be perceived to be what is called dilation and extraction. Is that the procedure that the gentleman intends to outlaw with this bill?

Mr. Speaker, it is time that we address the issue that our refugee system and our immigration policy do not follow common sense. I know this is not politically correct to talk about, but frankly I think that common sense is always…

I would challenge anyone on this floor to name the moderates who have come to you and said, we have been pressured. I, for one, and my colleagues I have spoken to have said this is a vote of conscience and respect our vote of conscience as…

The gentleman is on a border State; he is up North, I am down South. There are two borders, though we forget about that sometimes. I want to clarify. The gentleman said this happens in many places. Where else in the United States do we…

I was not planning to address the body at this time, but a colleague just impugned the moderates who have decided not to vote their way, as if we are somehow being pressured

I think most of us prefer not to be here, but the Constitution obligates us to be here, and the Constitution also directs what we can do while we are here

I call on everyone saying that they want to see the good things continue to go across the border and to stop the bad things; let us finally sit down and work on internal enforcement. Do not try to do it all on the borders or all in the…

Mr. Chairman, what we are saying is that the IRS should not be violating the rules and the procedures that we impose on everyone else; that this is a privacy issue. The IRS has got to be kept within proper boundaries. Technologies need to…

Let me just say the 5,000 number is being bandied around as if whatever is on paper ends up being reality. The House of Representatives has to recognize it is a real world out there. The 5,000 number exists in the law today. The mortality…

That is the goal. Do not accept the old law that has basically caused things that we did not know, but take it one step further and go to zero. Zero option is the goal here. The fact is it is unfair for somebody to take a look at a number…

And she was there doing a reporter's job about these citizens becoming the new U.S. citizens. One of them was her mother. And she came up to me and said, my mother is so proud. Not because she just passed the test, but she did it in…

Let me name you one that does not. It is the Republic of Mexico. When I met with the Senators and Congressmen of Mexico, I held up our new immigration law and held up their immigration law. And I said where we are changing it is to make…

He is from Brisbane. Queensland. He stood up and said, and this is a passivist, he said you are the greatest military power, the greatest strongest Nation in the world. You go all over the world to defend other people's borders and you…

I was on the House floor yesterday and a Member of Congress called me down because I said my cousin from Australia said, we hear you can just break your immigration law and then there is no problem. In Australia they have learned that if…

Let me just tell you what Australians say, though. When my cousin stood up at the border and stood up and watched 135 illegals run by us----

I hear they are trying to work this out to have it ready for tomorrow. And we have to work together. This is key. We have to cross the aisle and make sure Democrats and Republicans work on this, because, frankly, I think the American…

Social Security. You hear people say, what are we doing about Social Security? Maybe the one thing we should do is start talking about who is getting Social Security benefits. But the President and this administration think there is so…

To pay the bill. The other aspect is, when I operated, as chairman of San Diego County, I operated a welfare system that was larger than 32 States in the Union. Much larger than Arkansas.

It is a mad, mad world down there right now. The fact is those of us that live along the border, like I have, when I was a lifeguard, I rescued illegal aliens drowning. But what I have seen----

My stepfather actually was a PBY pilot, decorated in World War II. But when we talk about the border issue, I grew up along the border, as you know. It is part of our culture to be binational. In fact, I was mayor when I was 27 years old…

I was mayor of Imperial Beach. It is easy to find my hometown, if you know where the Pacific Ocean and where the Mexican border is. Where they meet is where I live.

I am sorry if I ask questions on this. We disagreed on certain elements of the immigration bill across the aisle. There are those of us that tried to find a compromise and felt that this body went too far. I am sorry if I am saying now…

If I may answer the question, what I told my cousin in Australia is: Tom, just because in the past America has rewarded people for breaking our immigration law----

In the San Diego Union there was an article a few months ago that really pointed out the problem here. That is, there was a woman from the interior of Mexico who had actually taken the time to write three letters to the school district to…

I appreciate the concerns. I wish my colleague from California was worried about the civil liberties of the people that are stopped by Federal agents, 70, 100 miles from the border, having their cars searched and being reviewed basically…