Zoe Lofgren

I am honored to yield to our colleague from Maryland, Congressman Chris Van Hollen.

I am the chair of the California Democratic delegation, and we are losing from our membership two spectacular Members who have served with tremendous distinction for 40 years each. Representative Miller and Representative Waxman were the…

We are through with an hour. We could have filled many hours, but we say goodbye to these two colleagues. Eighty years of experience and expertise will leave this Chamber. I looked--in 1974, the top of the charts was ``The Way We Were,''…

I am delighted to yield to our colleague from New York, an honorary Californian and a fellow fan of these two great Members, Congressman Paul Tonko of New York's 20th District.

At this point, I yield to the gentlewoman from California, Congresswoman Doris Matsui, our colleague.

It is really a national disgrace.

78.6 percent of the children who were not detained actually showed up for their hearing.

withholding long-term funding for the Department of Homeland Security seems motivated by the desire to revisit the issue of immigration.

Republican leaders in the House have refused to bring to the floor an immigration bill passed by the U.S. Senate with strong bipartisan support.

I think this is probably Mr. Garcia's last meeting of the Immigration Subcommittee. He has a fine mind and is a very diligent person and has really represented his district with tremendous distinction and grace and hard work.

Under the law, for DHS to place a child in a program, that program has to be licensed.

There is legal authority for the President's immigration actions derived, in part, from his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed. In Heckler v. Chaney, the Supreme Court explained this duty does not require…

I, in my opening remarks, did note the uncanny similarity between the action that President Reagan and the first President Bush took and the action that President Obama has now taken. I would note that I used the official record as a…

He cannot change the law, and he has not done so. He does have the authority to grant temporary relief to some. We need broad reform, and to do that, we need to legislate. It is shameful that the House has failed in its duty to legislate…

[s]unlight is said to be the best of disinfectants.

passage of this bill would ensure that our judicial system is aiming to uphold these ideals.

I think it is an important issue.

I took seriously the comments made by the Ranking Member, Mr. Conyers.

The Sunshine in the Courtroom Act would allow judges to open their courtrooms to cameras, granting the public greater insight into the judicial process.

Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants.

I see no reason why, with modern technology, the walls of the courtroom should be the limits of this privilege.

The statute... does not provide relief to individuals who were made intentionally ineligible for leave under the statute.

When President Obama spoke from the East Wing of the White House 2 weeks ago about the steps he would take to improve our broken immigration system, he was responding to loud and sustained calls for action from people all over the country.

I want to make a unanimous consent request.

The President recognized what we all know: Our immigration system is badly broken.