The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 proved unworkable and too-easily avoidable, and it helped result in approximately eleven million people in the United States without documentation.

It is a shame to see men and women who have lived in the United States for most of their childhood denied the ability to put their lives on the line for our country.

Many of us elected in 2010 came to Congress because we wanted to put this nation back to work.

As someone who has served, I remember the pride I felt to wear the uniform and cannot think of any better way for these young people to earn the right to fully share in the rights and freedoms of America.

I do not want to give them a crushing debt as a legacy from me.

That, Mr. Speaker, is the story of America. And I thank our colleagues for joining us tonight and look forward to this debate and look forward to hearing from you, the people of this country, as we enter this important conversation. Mr…

The gentleman from Wisconsin brought up a great point, and that is the issue of a step-by-step process. That is exactly what the House is undertaking. There are at least four bills right now that are working their way through the Judiciary…

I thank the gentleman from Wisconsin. The conversations I hear are from all angles. So whether it's from somebody whose family came here when they were very young--I know of an instance of a young woman who came into this country with her…

I thank the gentleman, the Speaker, for the additional time to continue this conversation, and thank you as well to Members for this opportunity to discuss what is truly one of the biggest issues this Congress, this Nation faces. I…

I thank the gentleman from Illinois. Mr. Speaker, we're all together on the same issue tonight on the House floor as we discuss the important issue of immigration inform. Many of us elected in 2010 and elected in 2012, we came to Congress…

I was absent for the following vote. Had I been present, I would have voted as follows: ``yes'' on adoption of the rule for Energy and Water Appropriations. personal explanation

I thank the gentleman from North Dakota. And I'm excited about the opportunity that we have in this country in a bright energy future. I can think of few areas that have held so much promise for job creation, for a new opportunity to…

In Colorado, the district that I represent, we really do have it all. We have a coal mine, and we have wind energy. Not only the wind farms, but we have wind energy manufacturing. We have one of the Nation's most promising oil and gas…

One of the most stunning things, of course, in the administration is their focus on regulations and a complete lack of focus on that regulation's effect on jobs. We had an assistant administrator of the EPA come and talk to the Energy and…

I think that you bring up an excellent point about this issue of regulations, about how the President has spent all of this time developing incredibly onerous regulations that will increase the cost of electric generation. It will increase…

And I don't think that there can be any doubt that that's the President's intention under his plan that he announced today. The talk, the conversation, the focus tonight is about affordable energy. And there are people sending tweets…

It is exciting, the energy future of this country. When you see studies that are being done--here's a study that I will cite right here, it says: ``America's shale oil revolution is loosening the grip of the Organization of the Petroleum…

I thank the gentlelady from Alabama for her leadership tonight on this very important issue about the energy future of the United States. Mr. Speaker, she is right. The conversation that we are having isn't something that is just occurring…

One of those promising things about American energy development is not just the fact that it's creating thousands of jobs, but it's the side benefits of the revenue produced and what that revenue goes to. In fact, in Weld County, Colorado…

I thank the chairman, and at this point I yield 2 minutes to my colleague from Colorado (Mr. Polis). Congressman Polis and I have worked closely together over the past couple of years as wildfires have affected our districts. His district…

I seek recognition to offer an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 256, after line 17, insert the following: SEC. 2507. EMERGENCY WATERSHED…

I thank the chairman of the Agriculture Committee for the opportunity to be here and for his leadership on this amendment, and also Congressman Jared Polis from Colorado. We worked together on this Emergency Watershed Protection Program…

Today I rise in support of my amendment to H.R. 1960, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014. This amendment gives the land owners and ranchers in the Pinon Canyon community of Southeast Colorado peace of mind and…

I thank the gentleman for yielding time. I rise today in support of Senate Bill 622, the Animal Drug and Animal Generic Drug User Fee Reauthorization Act of 2013. This legislation will reauthorize two very important programs at the Food…

I thank the chairman for yielding time and leading this great debate. You know, we've heard a lot of talk today about job creation, about the number of jobs that would be created by the Keystone pipeline. As somebody who actually lives…