Duncan Hunter

I speak to you today, Madam Speaker, not just as a United States Congressman but as a United States marine. I've served in Iraq twice. I've served in Afghanistan once. I was part of the 1st Marine Division. I, for one, don't appreciate…

Mr. Speaker, we are all familiar with the dangerous duties undertaken by the men and women of the Drug Enforcement Administration. Oftentimes, their accomplishments go unnoticed, but these agents continue making significant contributions…

What are we going to do for them to make--to try to get them into schools, and bring them into the workforces as educated adults that have 4-year or 8-year degrees?

Good. That is how it ought to be.

People now understand if you want to get into the United States illegally you no longer come through L.A. International Airport; you come across a land border between Mexico and the United States.

So my wife last night told me she had good news and bad news. The good news was that we were going to be able to move in, and the bad news is we've just been evacuated again.

Now, and let me tell you, this is a disastrous bill. And John McCain is right in saying that this is a national security issue. And it is: border enforcement.

Let's build that fence. Let's get that -- that border secure before we move forward.

In those provinces are 27 Iraqi battalions. Those Iraqi battalions could be sent into the contested areas in Baghdad, and should be sent into those contested areas.

He hasn't accepted North Korea's emergency. They like to create emergencies. He hasn't accepted that, but he has moved ahead robustly with our missile defense. We're keeping our powder dry as a nation. I think they need to know that.

Let's send this message to every soldier, every Marine who's watching this thing from the mess halls in Mosul and Tikrit and Baghdad and Fallujah, the message that the United States' House of Representatives stands with them.

Well, let me -- let's put this in context. My son, who's a marine, did a couple of tours in Iraq and when he came back, he and I started taking wounded marines and soldiers hunting.

Listen, here's all we want. All we want is about two weeks a year for the paralyzed veterans to come over.

Let in some paralyzed veterans, many of whom have been injured in combat, to come have a small piece of this island that almost nobody goes to anyway, is a small repayment for their service to our country.

The reason the national park people have their nice jobs and the reasons we as members of the American public get to enjoy national parks is because of people who wear uniforms who go out in dangerous parts of the world and secure our…

I was driving south with a bunch of marines, some guys fresh back from Iraq and one of them said, there's Santa Rosa Island and they're going to close it and they're going to wipe out the entire deer and elk herd.

We have received a satisfactory provision that protects them, and so I will vote for the bill.

I'm concerned that given the murder of this American hostage it might be an especially bad idea now to release these photos and videos because it could put more Americans in harm's way.

I thought this might be an appropriate moment, too, to reflect on the fact that today we do not have a lot of World War II veterans in the United States Congress

I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks on H.

We support this particular bill very strongly on the Republican side of the aisle and in the Committee on National Security

I believe a pilot, and the gentleman from Virginia (Mr.

I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks on H

I yield such time as he may consume to the very distinguished gentleman from Texas (Mr.

I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill ( H.