John Rice Carter

To say that we no longer are going to have that available is to say that two-thirds of my State is going to have both medical and firefighting at a minimal level.

I am very much in favor of increasing this and we will be--I will be raising that issue.

If you are smuggling drugs, your assets can be seized. If you are smuggling human beings, you cannot seize their assets. That is a change that has to be made in the statute.

One of the trips I did that I learned the most from is I volunteered to work as a law clerk in the courtroom of Judge Alia Moses in the Del Rio sector under an assumed name.

It is a magnet that draws these people in and they are being assaulted and murdered as they come to the United States through Mexico.

I made certain that the Department of Justice has an increase in funding to hire additional prosecutors, additional staff, additional personnel at the southern border, because it is the magnet.

Well, in the bill we tried to bring to the floor just recently, I have three provisions dealing with all three of these issues, to fix all three of those issues, as my part of the contribution.

As a matter of national security, we should know who is coming in our country and who is not.

The current structure of our statute and policy is not encouraging good results.

I have been working on national security now in Congress for the last 15 years, and in my opinion, it is a waste of money for the National Guard to go to the border.

I am pleased to see continued investment in border security.

I look forward to hearing your thoughts on the needs that need to be done to keep our homeland safe, our borders secure.

I commend you for trying to fix a broken system.

Well, having inherited a bench which had a 2,000 case backlog, the only way you can deal with a backlog is build a fire under both parties and make them come in for resolution.

Let me stress, and I can't stress more that NAFTA is very important to the State of Texas and to our farmers.

The President has made it clear that free and fair trade is critical to the economy and the strategic position of the United States.

Today, despite this glowing review showcasing exactly why this program is a wonderful investment of our taxpayer dollars, you are proposing the elimination of that program.

These startups and manufacturers often struggle early on.

It is unfortunate that we have to cut out this particular one, but we are in a financially stringent period.

We are trying very, very hard to change that.

We just cannot afford everything that we would like to do had we had the money.

I think we need to start focusing on additional resources.

Regulations should not impose unnecessary burdens on the economy, on individuals, on public and private organizations, or on State and local governments.

I think it is thinking outside the box, which government should do more of and doesn't do very well.

The people of Houston and Southeast Texas suffered more than we have in any--many storms, in certainly my memory.