Sam Farr

I represent many small communities in California that have a lot of gang violence. It is mostly Hispanic young men against Hispanic young men. They are not undocumented. They are actually second-generation gangs, a lot of killings. In…

Today, I rise to offer an amendment which strengthens the process for granting security clearances to those working in the intelligence community through a continuous evaluation process. This amendment directs the National Intelligence…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle C of title III, add the following new section: SEC. 3__. REPORT ON CONTINUOUS EVALUATION OF…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, this is the bill, and the language that we are trying to strike out reads: ``None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to facilitate new scheduled air transportation…

Thank you, Madam Chair. I am referring the remarks to the Madam Chair. Look, deleting this ability for the National Ocean Policy--by the way, we haven't appropriated money. No money is being spent on it. But we are smart about getting 70…

Well, with all due respect, that is not what your law says. It says: None of the funds made available by this act may be used to prosecute or hold liable any person or corporation for a violation of the provision of law found in section…

I reserve a point of order on this issue. The Acting CHAIR. A point of order is reserved. Pursuant to House Resolution 287, the gentleman from Colorado and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentleman…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. What selective memory you have. You say that the President is abusing his authority. Do you know who first asked for this? President Bush. He is the one that created the Commission and asked for those…

In closing, to say that the law says that those who are in violation of law--I mean, how many golden eagles do you have to kill and tell the law enforcement you can't do anything about it? This isn't about accidental death. This is people…

What is broken that needs fixing? These are laws that have been in place for 100 years. In fact, they are laws that have been implemented because the United States has signed treaties with other countries that share our migratory fowl…

I make a point of order against the amendment because it proposes to change existing law and constitutes legislation in an appropriation bill and, therefore, violates clause 2 of rule XXI. That rule states in pertinent part: ``An amendment…

I respect the gentleman's presentation, but I think we ought to put it in full context. We do have an across-the- board cut. It is a huge cut. It is called sequestration. Although Admiral Mullen did admonish the Congress for the fact that…

I have an amendment at the desk to strike section 540. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Strike section 540 (page 97, line 18 through page 98, line 10). The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House…

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. The Clerk will read. The Clerk read as follows: Sec. 541. None…

It is very interesting that the capitalist society out there supports my amendment: the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Foreign Trade Council, Engage Cuba, the Emergency Committee for American Trade. They wrote a letter that they…

I am serving my 22nd year in the United States Congress, and I have never seen a provision in an appropriations bill like this. This amendment in there could be labeled the ``family feud.'' There is only one Member of Congress who is…

Almost every country in this hemisphere and almost every country in the world has normal trade relations with Cuba. We are trying to open those up so that businesses in America, particularly our agriculture and our other trading goods, can…

I wish the chairman was accepting this amendment because the faults that we hear are that we have limited resources. We have limited resources, but it is a priority where you give them. This ocean acidification is a serious problem. It is…

Congress needs to represent the States that they were elected in. It is time that we represent them here in the United States Congress to allow medical marijuana laws in those States that have been approved by the voters and approved by…

Rhetoric is really cheap here, but I would urge Members to read the bill and to read the second term. It reads: The term ``Cuban military intelligence service'' includes but is not limited to the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces…

I wish the gentlewoman had made that same speech when we were discussing defense, the biggest spending bill we have, but she didn't offer this amendment at all. I happen to come from a State where the legislators didn't have enough guts to…

I thank the gentlewoman from Florida for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I rise on this bill, as a member of the subcommittee, with very mixed emotions. There are some very good things in this bill, but there is also some bad stuff. The question…

I would just like to respond that there is no legislative program in the State Department like this. You can't transfer it there. They are not operative in these countries, so to say that this could be moved over--look, you were in…

There are countless reasons why my colleagues should reject H.R. 36, the misnamed Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. I am unequivocally opposed to the substance of the bill and the process by which it arrived on the House Floor…

Tonight I must rise to voice my concerns with the USA Freedom Act. While I recognize the improvements this bill attempts to make with regard to mass surveillance and information gathering efforts, I simply cannot vote for this bill. I was…