Hank Johnson

I thank the gentlewoman from Texas for her tremendous, informative presentation, which is all based constitutionally as the great lawyer that she is. Next, Mr. Speaker, I yield to my friend, the gentleman from Massachusetts, Joe Kennedy…

I thank the gentlewoman from California. Next, I yield to the gentlewoman from Texas, my good friend Sheila Jackson Lee, a senior member of the Judiciary Committee and the ranking member on the Crime Subcommittee. She is also a member of…

It warms my heart today to be a part of this body and to be a part of the movement of such important legislation as this, which is to protect people who are very vulnerable to abuse. Without our action, it will just simply continue. I want…

I ask that my colleagues pass this measure. I yield back the remainder of my time.

Before I recognize the Honorable Bill Pascrell from New Jersey, who serves on, by the way, the Budget and the Ways and Means Committees here in Congress, I would like to point out that we have got a severe problem that we are confronting…

I think there is a lot of confusion with the law from our foreign partners, who have repeatedly asked how this law will be administered.

I would absolutely echo everything the Commissioner just said.

We believe there are significant National security interests for the United States to utilize this waiver.

Every one of those individuals are completely scrubbed against our screening databases before being issued an ESTA, and then those ESTAs are reviewed continually.

So again, I think that we're looking at the fact that we're treating these individuals as heightened security risks and we're utilizing this waiver ----

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Georgia will be postponed. Amendment No. 9 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee The Acting CHAIR. It…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Line 10 on the first page, strike ``and scope''. Line 8 on the first page, strike ``or economic loss''. The…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Georgia will be postponed. Amendment No. 7 Offered by Mr. Cummings The Acting CHAIR. It is…

I rise as the designee of the Jackson Lee amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 22, line 14, strike ``an imminent'' and insert ``a''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Georgia will be postponed. Amendment No. 3 Offered by Mr. Cummings The Acting CHAIR. It is…

I would just like to say how much I appreciate the gentleman from Florida's bipartisan work on this issue. I look forward to working with the gentleman on this issue as well as other issues of joint concern, like criminal justice reform…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Georgia will be postponed. {time} 1930 Amendment No. 5 Offered by Mr. Cummings The Acting…

You are with American people-- farmers, ranchers, landowners, just regular, ordinary people--or you are with the Big Business corporations that are seeking to rape and pillage, on occasion, the land without any drawback of having to be…

This is a bad amendment that hurts the public interest, and for that reason I would ask that my colleagues vote along with me to disapprove of this amendment. I yield back the balance of my time.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 449, beginning line 5, strike section 5501 relating minimum financial responsibility rulemaking. The…

Let's take it back to the year 2011 with the Ryan Budget Control Act, which imposed sequestration on the Federal Government, cutting both defense and nondefense spending 10 percent across the board. We can't have it both ways. If we are…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Georgia will be postponed. Amendment No. 5 Offered by Mrs. Capps The Acting CHAIR. It is now…

To the extent that a regulation would or would not present a choice between clean air and dirty air, I think we can all, in unison, conclude that we would come down in favor of clean air. If the choice became whether or not a regulation…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 18, line 10, insert after ``means any rule'' the following: ``(other than a special rule)''. Page 19…

I would, at this time, like to thank my chairman, Bob Goodlatte, of the Judiciary Committee, for his expeditious bringing of this legislation to the committee and now to the floor. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.