You recommended declining prosecution of President Trump and anyone associated with his campaign because there was insufficient evidence to convict for a charge of conspiracy with Russian interference in the 2016 election.

This Subcommittee has an important oversight responsibility, and adjudication wait times falls squarely within the kinds of issues we should watch.

I wish I had heard the same concerns and outrage from my colleagues when President Obama's DACA program resulted in long adjudication wait times for immediate relative green card applications.

I am thankful for the chair for calling this hearing, and again, I wish we had greater participation.

I think we heard from three nonpolitical civil servants, career individuals who spent their lives trying to implement a program efficiently and effectively.

I ask that a statement from the United States Chamber of Commerce dated July 16, 2019, be included in the record.

Will you have any deep dive on the effect of that vast numbers of illegal immigrants create on a healthcare system in small or rural communities?

I think that the surge that we have seen in the last few months is unprecedented and has put an unprecedented amount of stress and strain on the system.

As I have been saying now for months, there is a crisis on the southern border.

Did your staff or team see any torture?

Will you, in this deep dive, look at the causes of why people are coming to this country in the numbers that they're coming to?

It pains me to see individuals in this kind of crowded condition.

The Honorable Ken Buck, Colorado, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship, House Committee on the Judiciary.

I thank the Speaker for the opportunity to speak about this important legislation that I am proud to sponsor, the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act. I also want to thank my colleague, the distinguished gentlewoman from California…

I would note for the Record that one of the reasons that I am so proud to sponsor this bill is it is not an amnesty bill. This is a bill that is based on merit, and it even further enhances the merit aspects of this program. I am proud to…

I thank the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Collins), the ranking member, for yielding. Madam Speaker, this bill we are debating today is fatally flawed. Republicans are for a compassionate solution to help DACA recipients, but that solution…

Please provide a full discussion of the case, including its underlying facts, what the Supreme Court decided, and how the ruling relates to the use of arbitration today.

When the majority uses unreasonable timeframes in a subpoena and then moves so quickly toward contempt, it shows the motive.

It is important to understand that there is no constitutional crisis, as the chairman asserted last week.

We are here today because my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are throwing a tantrum over information they want, but know they cannot have.

My friends on the other side of the dais can only blame themselves for the current stalemate with the administration.

This plan will do nothing to help our economy. It will only serve to halt profitable industries, hurt American families, and burden us with such a great debt that we will not be able to defend ourselves if we are attacked by a foreign…

Their political courage was on display when the Senate voted 0 in favor, 57 opposed, and 43--that is right 43--present votes.

I think you have caused my friends on the left to go to their safe spaces, and I would love to explore with you a little bit of the reason for that.

Speaker Pelosi said this fantasyland plan is, quote, 'about jobs. It is about good-paying green jobs. It is about public health, clean air, and clean water for our children. It is about defending national security.' End of quote.