I thank the gentleman from Florida. Mr. Speaker, what is particularly frustrating is that Congress is going home on December 13, not to work for the remaining 2\1/2\ weeks of the year. I think most Americans would love to get off a week…

Each of those deportations, Mr. Speaker, cost you and I, cost American taxpayers, approximately $15,000. So guess who is paying for the 2 million deportations? Guess what is one of the growing causes of our deficit spending? Our broken…

I would like to point out that my friend from Miami, Florida, placed out some of the arguments that we hear our friends making as to why immigration reform is not happening. We did not present those as a straw man. We invited our friends…

We have the chair of my committee to file a rule here on the floor the House. Sadly, it is not a rule for comprehensive immigration reform, but it is a rule for something very important, the budget, which hopefully we will be able to agree…

I thank the gentleman from Florida. I will speak briefly, and then I will have more later. Mr. Speaker, there are so many activists in our country who are fasting, who are sitting in offices, who are writing their Congresspeople, who are…

This amendment is important. First, I like the way my colleague Mr. Chaffetz put it: the right to face your accuser in court is an important part of our justice system. There is a long way to go with regard to demand letter transparency…

Woman, I thank the gentleman from Virginia. When we look at the cost, not just of litigation, but of companies having to consult with lawyers at times because of completely frivolous letters that they get that are vague with regard to what…

I am thankful for Chairman Goodlatte and his staff and the committee for their work on this bill and increasing demand letter transparency in both the committee mark and working with us on the floor to incorporate a bipartisan amendment…

I would point out that very little of the arguments made by the gentleman from California were related to this particular amendment. Much of that was stuff that may have been loosely related to the overall bill. I yield 1 minute to the…

I am happy to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Marino), an original sponsor of the underlying bill that I introduced with him 2 weeks ago and a cosponsor of this amendment.

I am happy to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Chaffetz), a cosponsor of the amendment.

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 14, line 20, insert after ``accused,'' the following: ``identifies the ultimate parent entity of the…