Zoe Lofgren

We may apprehend as many as 90,000 kids during the current fiscal year, and they have overwhelmed our resources to cope with them.

The journey to the United States is extremely dangerous, and along the way these children could be raped, they could be killed, maimed, become victims of trafficking, extorted.

this isn't a policy, it is the law, and has been the law since 1997 when we had the Flores case settled.

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 Kentucky will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Mr. Barrow of Georgia

I think it is important to know that the Director of National Intelligence has confirmed publicly that the government searches vast amounts of data, including the content of emails and telephone calls, without individualized suspicion or…

On behalf of the California Democratic congressional delegation, I rise in opposition to this amendment. This misguided amendment would prohibit additional Federal investment in California's high-speed rail project. As we know, California…

I thank the gentleman from Arizona. I just wanted to make a couple of quick points. First, it is easy to be a critic and it is hard to be a builder. The high-speed rail project is a big project, it is difficult to do, but we are going to…

They are doing what former Governor Bush described as an act of love.

I just note that, really, it is up to the Congress to decide what to legislate and the Secretary doesn't get to decide.

I'm concerned that as we take a look at how we are applying our enforcement standards, that we take a look at the nature of the offenses that are at issue.

I wanted to just briefly touch on the unaccompanied alien minors.

Congress has identified the priority in the appropriations language for 2013. We prioritized the removal of criminal aliens.

We know that the most common Federal prosecution in the United States today is felony reentry after removal.

I'm noticing that the single biggest removal category in 2013, more than half, was for immigration violations.

I think that your openness is really a breath of fresh air here for the Committee.

I certainly respect the role that Mr. Sensenbrenner has played in this and honor him and his wife, Cheryl, for their commitment to freedom. But I must oppose the FREEDOM Act that is on the floor today. This is not the bill that was…

I think it is important that we have a diversity of opinion, and Mr. Castro is odd man out again.

I will be the first to volunteer to do that.

I think this has been a very helpful discussion, and as I listen to Mr. Chehade's testimony, I am struck by how closely this development in ICANN has tracked what our hopes were back in the 1990's.

There is no disagreement on that point, I don't think, among any Member of the Committee.

This argument, however, is entirely illogical.

Members on both sides of the aisle--including Republican Senators John McCain, Lindsey Graham, and Saxby Chambliss--have recognized the critical importance of helping the new democratically elected Libyan government secure itself against…

It is the Department of Defense that is really driving this proposal as best I can figure.

Members on both sides of the aisle, including Republican Senators John McCain, Lindsey Graham, and Saxby Chambliss, have recognized the critical importance of helping the new democratically elected Libyan Government secure itself against…

I think this is a very important day. Obviously, it is just a first step, but it is an important first step.