Darrell Issa

I think it will change the presumption. It shouldn't.

At the time of the application, there was an embargo. So they filed saying they were going to do something that they couldn't do legally and can't do today.

Now, this country welcomed tens of thousands of Cuban refugees to our shores. Those tens of thousands of Cuban refugees, including those who spent time in prisons and fled, those who died--some of them died on the boats, and some made it…

The only way to really know that the $7 billion or $8 billion, who is entitled to it, would be to essentially allow the Commission to reopen and evaluate who they are.

This Administration is ignoring the history of your Commission, the history of it, by normalizing relations with absolutely no agreement.

From 2012, any statement that you were waiting on a court case to end ended.

the protection of intellectual property rights and the pursuit of the legitimate claims of U.S. nationals

once Cuba returns to rule of law, once it returns to where the family can regain what was taken by it in no different matter than the Nazis took things

The one thing I know is the lawyers will get rich, the Administration will move on.

If Congress determined that the original intent of this was job creation based on real investment in permanent jobs, wouldn't it be reasonable to stop loaning a minority amount of money to help real estate be built that creates temporary…

You have the ability to grant that today. There's no time limit on that, is there?

The Congress won't accept, I would hope, a bad deal that does not give justice to the certified claimants.

This Administration has failed to aggressively seek compensation for property seized by Castro's regime and failed to stop the persecution of Cubans advocating for basic human rights.

Nobody has ever talked about that, and I think it is a shame that we are talking about the border and we do not talk about people seeking--children--as Ms. Young has--children fleeing drug cartels, fleeing murders, rapists, drug…

Deporting Central American refugee mothers and children to a region struggling with a major humanitarian crisis is, in my view, simply un-American.

It is not illegal to come to the border of the United States of America and to ask for political asylum in the United States.

My amendment quite simply makes this bill better. Since 2011, almost 5 years, virtually every single public company has reported financial statements to the SEC by electronic, searchable, readable data format, often called XBRL. {time}…

May I inquire as to how much time each side has remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California has 1\3/4\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Texas has 2 minutes remaining.

In closing, I have been on the board of a public company, of multiple public companies. I have taken a company public, as have many of the supporters of this amendment. I know the cost of taking a company public. It is in the millions. It…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 16, after line 9, insert the following: (d) Limitation to New Filers.--The exemptions set forth in…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California will be postponed. Amendment No. 7 Offered by Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York…

I thank the chairman. It is no accident that this is one of the first bills of the new year. Like some of the other legislation, it is not a new idea. In many ways, what it really is is this body, once again, if you will, reiterating when…

I thank Chairman Royce and Ranking Member Engel for bringing this, in a timely fashion, to the floor. I want to thank my partner in this legislation, Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania. Now, Congress often does things and makes a lot of to-do about…

I join fellow Members of the Lebanon Caucus to request a moment of silence for the victims of the bombings in Beirut, Lebanon, on November 12, 2015, that claimed the lives of at least 43 people and injured over 200. In addition to those…

Well, the Senate Finance Committee released a bipartisan report in August of this year finding that the IRS abused conservative applicants for nonprofit status--I repeat, abused applicants.