Zoe Lofgren

I would just like to say, I think that the President has taken the Dreamers, the little children, the asylum- seeking families as hostages for the anti-immigrant provisions in this bill. It has been mentioned that we have a generous…

I thank Mr. Correa for yielding, and I thank him for organizing this Special Order. It is a part of immigration law--it is not a violation of immigration law, it is a part of immigration law--that people fleeing for their lives can come to…

I want to thank, you know, Chairman Smith, and Representative Lowenthal and I co-chair the Vietnam Caucus.

This is an important topic how the government in Vietnam is using Article 79 to oppress people and to suppress free speech.

I think that is insufficient. That is lame.

I think it is important to make a distinction between the kinds of shared employees that we have.

This is an investment that I think is essential for our future.

Whatever works, I'm for all the science, and I think as time has gone on, the scientists have gotten to that position as well.

This is not a partisan issue. It never has been and hopefully never will be.

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act has been an important element of the law. It has allowed the internet to flourish. We support that. But we never intended section 230 to protect people who are trafficking in human beings, who…

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act stands for a very simple, powerful idea: a website should not be liable for the actions of its users. Because of section 230, we have the internet as we know it today. Also, because of section…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from California will be postponed. Amendment No. 3 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee The Acting CHAIR…

It is important that we pass this amendment. The government conducts 702 searches and broadly defines foreign intelligence investigations that may have no nexus to national security, and we are using this database for just criminal…

Like the ranking member, I oppose this bill. It does not meet the standards that we should have for adhering to the Constitution. Now, this is a confusing debate in some ways because what is it we are talking about? We are all against…

I just wanted to respond. The NSA will not go dark, and I think it is important that we understand that. We are collecting the content of phone calls, emails, text messages, videos, pictures of Americans, putting it in a database and…

I agree with Mr. Sensenbrenner for the reasons he has outlined that this bill should not become law. However, I am also speaking in favor of the Amash amendment that has been put in order that would fix the problems that he has so…

How do we make this transparent in a way that protects the victims who want to maintain their privacy

I think--we want more transparency on some of this.

For us women who have been victims of assault or harassment, this is a very serious, serious matter. I intend to vote for this bill today. But, as has been mentioned, it is just a first step. We know on the House Administration Committee…

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You know, in immigration removal proceedings, we all know that the government doesn't provide lawyers.

But do you think a 3- or 4-year-old has the legal capacity to understand the consequences of their statements, the validity of immigration claims?

I'm concerned--and as a matter of fact, the immigration judges have written to us indicating their concern that these metrics are going to result in the same kind of flood of appeals to the court of Appeals.

I'm proud to be the lead sponsor for the Fair Day in Court for Kids Act.

It's good news that we're making progress on the electronic case filing system. So that would be, I think there's unanimous support here for that success.