Steve King

I thank the former secretary of state of Michigan, and I now yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Campbell).

It is a Federal mandate for foreign language ballots. Anybody can vote locally on that. But it takes away the Federal requirement for foreign language ballots and allows individuals to bring interpreters into the voting booth. That is…

This amendment just simply states that there is a construction project in Los Angeles that would not be available for funding out of this bill, and it is about $300,000. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time.

I think if the gentleman would, that we understand that funds are fungible, and when they go into an appropriations process to a local government, that there can be interdepartmental transfers within those local governments that would be…

I am suggesting that local government is directly violating the law, and this is the most expeditious way to get compliance of the Federal law.

I don't direct DHS to do anything under this amendment except to evaluate if the local governments are receiving funds under this appropriations and if they have a sanctuary policy that is on the books.

I don't believe that the Department of Homeland Security is enforcing this law currently, and I do believe they should. But this is the most expeditious method by which we can get enforcement of a law that has been on the books for 10…

But I will tell you that, if a bill is voted on over in the Senate that has guest worker, temporary worker, it will be amnesty. And anybody that votes for an amnesty bill deserves to be branded with a scarlet letter A for amnesty. And they…

As I look at the gentleman's lower chart, Pollution from Oil, and it shows 2 percent of the pollution from oil comes from offshore drilling and the balance from the composition that the gentleman describes. For the record, I ask what…

I appreciate Mr. Poe's presence here. I did see natural gas boiling up out of the water, and I saw it on fire when I went down to visit New Orleans in the early part of September. There was a great visual for what happens if you happen to…

I appreciate that narrative. I wanted to be there that day. I was not able to set the trip up to make it work; but I recognize, as you clearly did and Mr. Shays clearly did, that was the best place in the world to be on that day.

I have been informed that, yes, we have Federal officials that have asked for this legislation. I would point out that it is not mandatory that they accept carrying a firearm; it is their option that they exercise under the regulation…

On that specific question, I cannot answer ``yes'' to or ``no'' to. I am working with a piece of language I believe in, and I have not looked a Federal official in the eye that specifically asked me.

Yes, Mr. Chairman, it applies only to Federal officials who will represent the United States of America in a court of law, the voice of the Federal Government in a court of law.

I am advised that the last oil spill we had in any offshore drilling for oil was 1969. I do not know if the gentleman can confirm that, but in that question could the gentleman also respond to the question of, does the gentleman know if…

I would pose a follow-up question. Does the gentleman have any idea why it is some folks oppose the drilling offshore when it is out of sight?

There is a point that comes to mind, and I can get it quickly made. This right to privacy that was in the emanation's penumbras, in the shadows, was something that was never recognized by Chief Justice Rehnquist. That right to privacy will…

If the judges would yield, there is another anecdote that is worth mentioning, and I do not know if it has been passed along here tonight, but I think it demonstrates his sense of humor. And sometimes it was self-deprecating and sometimes…

I am happy to yield to another judge from Texas, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Poe).

I certainly am. I want to move along in this discussion and celebrate this accomplishment here today and look forward to a future where we have more confidence in our security and safety and the ability to ferret out these terrorists…

This move will save taxpayers some $105 million next year.

The House voted, overwhelmingly, to ban Medicare and Medicaid from paying for drugs which treat erectile dysfunction.

I think that the paper that they have written and the position that they have taken certainly protects their financial interests. But it doesn't provide justice here for the taxpayers, and I would ask the taxpayers what they think. And I'm…

I'm convinced that they are with me on this issue.

But it doesn't provide justice here for the taxpayers, and I would ask the taxpayers what they think.