Zoe Lofgren

I agree that the workplace fines ought to be increased after we reform the law, so it works.

Today the country is past the point of debating whether we need reform. They are simply counting on us to get it done.

A trail of tears to the border is not that far off from the system we currently have.

There is no line to get into.

If we want a moral and humane system, we have a lot of work to do.

I thank the gentleman.

I am opposed in its current form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Ms. Zoe Lofgren of California moves to recommit the bill H.R. 6429 to the Committee on the Judiciary with…

But right now, when a consumer goes out and buys a car, they are not just buying a car, they are buying indentured servitude to the manufacturer for the life of the car.

Two years ago Congresswoman Lofgren proposed a truly elegant solution to the problem: Allow the car companies the right to patent parts for the purposes of protecting their designs from being copied by competing car companies, but also…

I voted and I was happy to vote on the so-called auto bailout, and I was glad that the auto companies came through.

I think it is important to go back to the Constitution, as Congressman Issa has, and to reflect on what the Congress is asked to do.

I think this is the beginning, not the end, of our inquiry.

I oppose fraud, and earlier in this Congress I introduced the Student Visa Reform Act to address fraud in our student visa program.

Immigration fraud undermines the integrity of the U.S. immigration system.

I guess if we are going to move forward on any of this, I would want to have some further examination of that because it seems to me the SBA's whole reason for living, I mean existence, is small businesses.

the House did, in fact, pass the Dream Act in December of 2010, and it got 55 'yes' votes in the Senate.

the rest of the statement is: Now what we can do is prioritize enforcement since there are limited enforcement resources...

I would also ask unanimous consent to put in the record statements from the faith community, including the Evangelical Immigration Table, the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and the Hebrew…

I will never forget the late Paul Gillmor, who was a very conservative man.

Some have questioned the Secretary's legal authority to set immigration enforcement priorities and exercise prosecutorial discretion on a case-by-case basis.

As well as letters from labor leaders in support of the President's Dream Act announcement.

there are unscrupulous people who will go and try and charge people, notary publics who will say you need to pay us this or that.

I would like to thank you, Secretary Napolitano, for the action that you have taken to allow these young people I think of as de facto Americans.

We have not had stable funding because of our inability to appropriate in the normal course of business.

I think his line of questioning is one that I have as well, which is if we are going to look at NOAA to be our lead in the science of all of this, you know, maybe we ought to think about vesting more completely the responsibility with you…