Elton Gallegly

Even when low-skilled Americans can find jobs, their wages are depressed by illegals and other low-skilled immigrants.

The official unemployment rate for native-born Americans without a high school degree is well over 20 percent, and their underemployment rate exceeds 32 percent.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 8, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $24,000,000)''. Page 13, line 9, after the dollar amount…

I am proud to stand here today and support the legislation coming from wilderness organizations, off-road vehicle organizations, local business and ag groups.

I believe we must do our part to provide the tools to combat trafficking of persons both worldwide and domestically.

The leaders of Veolia have said that their hearts and prayers are with the victims. However, their pocketbooks so far have not been.

This was the worst train accident in California history. I use the word 'accident' lightly, because many of us do not believe it was an accident, that it was something that clearly should have been prevented.

I don't think it does anybody any good, and it certainly does a disservice to Black Americans and Hispanic Americans, to ignore the consequences of our immigration policy, which clearly hurts those Black workers and Hispanic workers.

Unfortunately, worksite enforcement has plummeted under the Obama administration.

But this is no jobs plan.

Mr. Chairman, my amendment ends tens of millions of taxpayer dollars being wasted on sponsorship for NASCAR race cars by the Department of Defense. With trillion-dollar deficits, this amendment is where the rubber meets the road for my…

And I think we did that this afternoon with all of our speakers from States from California to New York and everywhere in between. In closing, and it just seemed appropriate this morning as I was pulling into the Rayburn garage, I came in…

And it was very special to me to hear the comments from the folks on the other side of the aisle. While they may have disagreed with him on certain policy, I don't know that anyone disagreed on the man's integrity and his compassion for…

I did not have one individual on either side of the aisle say, no, Elton, I can't be a cosponsor. I don't think there's anytime in history that I've had as many people agree on--we can't get that many people to agree on what day of the…

As the author of the legislation creating the Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission, I was asked by the Reagan Foundation to host a Special Order this afternoon, and I am honored to have many of my colleagues here to join us on this floor…

This is my last opportunity to address the House as a member of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. The past 8 years have been the opportunity of a lifetime for me. I want to thank former Speaker Denny Hastert and Minority…

I support targeted sanctions against the government of Iran in an effort to stop the Iranian regime's pursuit of nuclear weapons. For this reason, I voted in favor of the Conference Report on the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions…

In the era of droughts and water shortages throughout California, I believe we need to do all we can to reduce our dependence on imported water.

While there are many good reasons to support this bill I feel I must oppose the bill because of the Visa Waiver provision.

Madam Speaker, if enacted, this bill will bolster our firefighting, HAZMAT, and EMS capabilities. We will maintain more experienced firefighters in the field and in senior management positions by allowing Federal firefighters the option of…

Mr. Speaker, I introduced H. Res. 549 with the gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. Taylor) to recognize the historical significance of August 27, 2000, as the 10th anniversary of President Bush calling up the Guard and Reserves to active duty…

H.R. 1887 will put a stop to this offensive behavior.

This must be stopped!

Criminals should not profit from illegal acts.