Excellent question. Up to 4,000 could come back. That is just over the last 20 years of board decisions. They would be void.

Just in the last few months, Congressman, this board is proposing in its general counsel to consider changing over 100 years--maybe up to 130 years of precedent in addition to changing over 30 or 40 years of established procedure and…

The board, like every federal agency, Congressman, comes to this body and asks for resources. If these resources are being diverted to these policy efforts and not, as I mentioned, to addressing their current case load, which is…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. _. None of the funds made available by this Act…

Simply, this amendment says, as the gentlelady read, ``None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to transfer weapons to the Palestinian Authority.'' I would like to express why I brought this amendment. I take you back, Mr…

I would recommend that your staff clip that 5 or 6 minutes of your opening statement out and put that up on the Internet and perhaps use it as a training for other members that might come before the Judiciary Committee.

I would point out that these political subdivisions, particularly in the cities, are contravening and ordering their officers not to cooperate with Federal immigration officers, refusing to allow them to collaborate with or to transport or…

My amendment prohibits any of the funds used within this portion of the bill from going to cities that have passed and enacted what we call sanctuary cities or sanctuary political subdivisions. The section of the code that we refer to, 8…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act…

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 Iowa will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Ms. Brownley of California

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 22, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000)''. The Acting CHAIR…

First, I would like to reiterate the statement made by the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Mr. Goodlatte, and my appreciation for the service of Mr. Wolf from Virginia and the job that he has done for my years that I have been here…

I believe in property rights, and I oppose property takings by government or anybody else.

If that becomes law, will you cooperate with the Department of Justice in that particular investigation?

It is my honor and privilege to address you here on the floor of the United States House of Representatives, and I come to the floor this afternoon, Mr. Speaker, to address you and bring up the topic of the dialogue that has been--I will…

I want to thank the chairman of the Judiciary Committee for yielding to me, and I want to also thank the efforts of the Judiciary Committee and the Select Committee on Intelligence for the broad and intense work they have done on this…

I appreciate the gentleman yielding me time to address the subject of this rule. Mr. Speaker, this House is considering a combined rule. It is a rule that addresses the NDAA and it is a rule that addresses the USA FREEDOM Act wrapped up…

I thank the gentleman. The amendment that I offered, even though it was voted on, the debate really didn't consider this proposal that the head of an element of the intelligence community may enter into an agreement to compensate for…

if the Administration would strongly come out and support voluntary COOL or repeal of mandatory COOL, we could get this done in the House and the Senate

I would say that, as I have watched this, it was relatively simple in 2008, and it has gotten more and more complex since then.

I actually went on the Internet, and I thought what kind of corn increases have we seen in the memory of my lifetime?

if this Administration would come out strongly in favor of the repeal of COOL, we could get this done and get it to the President's desk.

It is my privilege to be recognized by you to address you here on the floor of the House of Representatives, and I appreciate this privilege to do so. It is something that I would encourage a lot of the Members to participate in and…

I do not take direct direction from the President, and it is your job to provide equal justice under the law.

It is my privilege to be recognized to address you here on the floor of the United States House of Representatives. We are constantly confronted with agendas and issues, some of which are good for the country, and some of which are bad for…