I am for a national sales tax, that I want to eliminate the Federal income tax, and in doing so there is no necessity for the IRS.

He goes home and gets on the Internet and he is quoted $3.15, a higher price, but he buys it online anyway because the sales tax takes the price that he has to charge at the brick and mortar store to $3.21.

I want the IRS out of my life. I want them out of the interference business of free enterprise decisions completely.

I will just answer it for you that if somebody is between the ages of 16 and 30 and there is no reason for marriage fraud if you can claim that you have been in the United States for 5 years, went to school, et cetera.

So I am here listening to the testimony, and particularly that of Judge Poe from Texas, and he said do you buy your boots over the Internet.

I think it is important for us to ask these kind of questions because each time we go to work during the day there has got to be a purpose, and that purpose is that Congress writes laws, and then we direct the executive branch to carry out…

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 new section: Sec. __. None of the funds made available…

This is the DOMA limitation amendment. We've seen this last year where it passed out of the House of Representatives with a substantial vote. And it says, as it reads, that none of the funds made available by this act may be used in…

I believe that is the section you are referring to when you assert your responsibility under the Constitution.

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. Announcement by the Acting Chair The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to…

This is the Davis-Bacon limitation amendment that I believe most Members of this Congress have seen that applies to this appropriations bill. We have an existing code called the Davis-Bacon Act. What it does is it requires that any…

If Congress is going to direct--Congress writes the laws, the President has been clear on that.

The President, foursquare in front of the Constitution, challenged it by myself and many Members of this Congress, we have to assert this authority.

I accepted the prosecutorial discretion when it dealt with individuals. I do not when it deals with groups of people that are created by a memorandum.

I have an amendment at the desk, Mr. Chairman. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), add the following new section: Sec. __. None of the funds…

If we have States that define parents as parents, legal guardians, that is what I would view as a definition of a parent under the law that I would like to see.

I don't know what effect this amendment would have if this amendment doesn't trump that kind of a State legislation decision to intervene.

Thank you, Mr. King. My time has expired and I yield it back.

I thank the esteemed chair of the Judiciary Committee for yielding time to me, and I appreciate this issue being brought to the floor. I would announce, Mr. Speaker, that this is a subject matter, the full 100 percent repeal of ObamaCare…

Thank you, Madam Speaker. As always, I'm privileged and honored to be able to address you here on the floor of the United States House of Representatives. And having heard some of the dialogue of the gentleman from Georgia just preceding…

I thank the gentleman from Utah for yielding, and I particularly appreciate it, given the subject matter I'm about to bring up. Madam Speaker, I had introduced legislation months ago in this Congress, in fact, as far back as last August…

this is no longer a debate about immigration policy. The debate is now about the constitution, the rule of law. I'm preparing to bring suit against the president and ask for a court to enjoin him from implementing his unconstitutional and…

This is no longer a debate about immigration policy. The debate is now about the Constitution and the rule of law. I'm preparing to bring suit against the president and ask for a court to enjoin him from implementing his unconstitutional…

May I inquire as to how much time I have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman has 1 minute remaining.

I would just make the point that I listened to a lot of discussion about something that we well know around here is prosecutorial discretion. We don't have the resources to prosecute every law breaker and we know that law enforcement has…