Tom Tancredo

We are testing our willingness to actually hold on to something called the English language, something that is the glue that is supposed to hold us together as a nation.

after 30 years in politics, I have no talent that has not been exploited.

I think that this crisis is not only an economic crisis. I think that it threatens the very idea of America. There are -- the great tradition of the melting pot in America, it's not working. The melting pot is cracked.

I come to the floor as I have so many times in the past to address an issue dealing with our extradition policy. Mr. Speaker, a gentleman by the name of Duane Chapman, a bounty hunter that goes by the name of ``Dog,'' faces the strangest…

If this happens in the United States and we determined that it is the result of extremist fundamentalist Muslims, you know, you could take out their holy sites.

My complaint here and concern is with the Iraqi government today. The fact is, we should use this as pressure to get them to accept back their people who have committed crimes when they're here.

I would be in favor of accepting those that can be actually identified as coming here under humanitarian conditions and as refugees.

I don't care what they've done in Iraq before. There is a law, actually on the books today, Anderson, that says that if a country refuses to take back its aliens that have committed crimes in the United States, we should not give them any…

Accepting refugees would be a colossal mistake, and would very likely violate U.S. law.

the approaching vote on this resolution has caused me and I am sure many of my colleagues to give serious and considerable thought to the most difficult issue that faces America today. Like many of my friends on both sides of the aisle…

I do not see Mr. Andrews, who was coauthor. Therefore, I will simply say that I would hope that we invalidate these nonsensical guidelines, allow our government to communicate directly with Taiwan's democratically elected government the…

I appreciate the chairman's attention to this issue. It is an extremely critical one in my area.

this amendment will strike language added during the committee markup that prevents the U.S. Geological Survey from consolidating its older and obsolete mapping centers into a single consolidated national geospatial technical operations…

reclaiming my time. I hope we can work together on this issue. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to withdraw the amendment. The CHAIRMAN. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Colorado? There was no objection.

The problem with the multiculturalism is it tells them they shouldn't. They should not assimilate into America.

What if in 50 years the history books write that Tom Tancredo was the man standing at the gates depriving liberty for people who just wanted to come to the United States and make a better wage?

You know when you have hundreds of thousand of people protesting, waving Mexican flags, you know, people essentially saying I'm here illegally, what are you going to do about it? I mean, this really does not play well in the heartland of…

on rollcall No. 66 I was inadvertently detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay.'' ____________________

today we will be taking up the PATRIOT Act, the extension thereof, and it is important that we do so. It is important for the security of the country. It is ironic in a way that, as we address this issue and as we debate whether or not we…

please let us tonight think about what we have accomplished, not in terms of what we have up in front of us, but what we have accomplished so far. Did the Members know that 47 countries have reestablished embassies in Iraq? Did the Members…

at the Federal level a determination would be made as to whether or not a city has the policies that we have just identified; and if so, then that city would be prohibited from obtaining Federal funds under this act.

Many of these policies are on record; in fact, all of them are on record throughout the country. They are easily obtainable and observable.

Well, they are certainly, again, available to every single person in the Department of Justice and Homeland Security because they are printed. These are all laws and/or executive orders. This requires no new determination.

once again, we are not expanding the law in any way, shape, or form. We are simply applying a penalty. That does not expand the law. The Acting CHAIRMAN. Does anyone else wish to be heard on the point of order? The Chair is prepared to…

Well, as I have just explained, in city after city, and, in fact, not too long ago if memory serves me right, the State of Maine actually declared itself to be a sanctuary State. These are not things that are hidden from anybody. These…