Lucille Roybal-Allard

I was unavoidably detained and was not present for two roll call votes on Tuesday, April 14, 2015. Had I been present, I would have voted in this manner: rollcall Vote No. 148--Motion on Ordering the Previous Question on the Rule--``no,''…

If the allegations of misconduct are accurate, I worry that they may be indicative of a larger cultural problem at the Secret Service.

I understand the rationale is that detention will serve as a deterrent for other families to make the dangerous trek from Central America up through Mexico.

However, many of us are concerned about the prospect of so many families held in detention settings for extended periods of time.

It seems to me that we should be wary of weakening that partnership.

Congress is not doing its job when an agency's funding remains in legislative limbo for the first 5 months of a fiscal year.

The budget once again proposes to eliminate $8.4 million for support of missing and exploited children investigations.

There is definitely a lot of work that still needs to be done, especially in two areas: first, in finding ways to encourage the private sector to adopt good cyber hygiene practices.

Do you agree with GAO's conclusion that TSA did not conduct an adequate risk analysis before proposing?

it just seems to me that a better use of costly detentions would actually be to put more resources into having these cases more quickly adjudicated.

Are there better and less costly options that could be used, such as greater use of alternatives to detention?

The 2014 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government Report again listed the Department of Homeland Security 19th out of 19 large agencies considered.

I am concerned that, in practice, CBP may be simply repatriating Mexican children without allowing them to make an independent decision, as the law requires.

I offer a motion to instruct. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion. The Clerk read as follows: Ms. Roybal-Allard moves that the managers on the part of the House at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two…

How much time is remaining on both sides? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from California has 14 minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Texas has 14 minutes remaining.

Yes. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Ms. Roybal-Allard moves to recommit the joint resolution H.J. Res. 35 to the Committee on Appropriations with instructions to report the…

Let me just say that regardless of what the other side of the aisle will have us believe, the Secretary of Homeland Security and the men and women who put their lives on the front line every day for us and to protect this country tell us…

In December of 2014, as leverage against the President's immigration executive action, the Republican leadership irresponsibly decided to hold hostage the 2015 funding for the Department of Homeland Security. Now, 150 days into fiscal year…

How much time is remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from California has 25 minutes remaining.

I would just like to point out that we have a solution, and it is the bipartisan, bicameral compromise bill that was sent by the Senate for us to vote on, and that is what we are asking for. {time} 1515 Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to…

I just want to point out to the gentlemen that the ranking members and chairs of the Appropriations Subcommittees of the House and the Senate worked together on the bill that we are trying to bring for a vote, that this was a negotiated…

This motion to recommit will not kill the resolution or send it back to committee. If adopted, the continuing resolution will immediately proceed to final passage, as amended. Adoption of this motion to recommit will change the date of the…

I wish to be heard on the point of order. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from California is recognized.

The gentleman asserts that the motion exceeds the subcommittee's allocation. However, the Congressional Budget Office cost estimate noted ``our estimate is the same as H.R. 240 as introduced.'' H.R. 240 was the bill introduced by the…

I, too, ask unanimous consent that the House bring up H.R. 861, the clean Department of Homeland Security funding bill that would keep the Department open so it can carry out its mission of keeping the American people safe. The SPEAKER pro…