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…

in response to the gentleman and the gentlewoman's remarks, either this amendment does something or it does nothing. We thought when the 1996 Act was passed, it did something, and we found out it has done nothing because local government…

having had that discussion, I think it does clarify this amendment significantly and that it is important for us to look across this Nation. Once the sanctuary cat got out of the bag some years ago and local governments began passing for…

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 thank the chairman and I am grateful for his work on all of our security in this Nation, and I am hopeful that as we go forward to conference we could have a better look at the finances required to keep the Shadow Wolves as vital as we…

my amendment moves $40 million from the Office of the Secretary and Executive Management and $60 million from the Office of the Under Secretary of Management to construction under Customs and Border Patrol towards building a wall, a fence…

I rise to offer the King-Shadegg- Souder amendment. It is an amendment that transfers $2 million for the Shadow Wolves. They are a unique organization that takes the funding from Customs and Border Patrol and shifts it over to ICE, and the…

I do appreciate the honor to address you tonight, and the subject matter I wish to take up, along with my colleague from California, will be the subject of illegal immigration. We are continually discussing this issue because it is a big…

Mr. Akin, I thank you for your contributing to this debate in the fashion that you have and your willingness to be flexible in the manner that you delivered it. I really do appreciate that. I would like to just take a couple of minutes and…

Entrepreneurship is growing. There are many more people at the upper echelons of our economic society than there was a generation or two ago. As I watch that happen, I think that is a good thing for America. But I would point out that the…

reclaiming my time, I have given considerable thought to this and have done some research and a fair amount of writing on this subject matter. We have an upper class in America that has gotten richer and richer, and I am for that. I am for…

I wish to take time to highlight a watershed-related project at Storm Lake, IA, in my district. As background, Storm Lake's depth and water quality have been deteriorating since the last dredging in the early 1960s. Storm Lake is among 156…

as always I profoundly appreciate the privilege to address you, Mr. Speaker, and to stand on the floor of the United States House of Representatives, make remarks for a period of time about issues that are so pertinent to our day. The…

as always, I very much appreciate the privilege to address you, Mr. Speaker, and in so doing addressing this great United States of America House of Representatives. I am a bit breathless because I hustled over here to arrive at the…

I might point out that in one of my travels around Iowa, I pulled down around in Keokuk, and there used to be an old Federal hospital there that was built and put in place during the Civil War. They would bring the wounded up the river and…

Thank you, Mr. Gohmert. I appreciate the gentleman coming to the floor at this hour of the evening to add to the dialogue here. Mr. Speaker, I want to pick up with that. Certainly assimilation, we are the nation that has been successful in…

Well, thank you, Mr. Gohmert. I have got to speak to naturalized citizens in the courthouse. Sioux City is a location where we have the most activity there in my district, and I look forward to those events and take that very seriously. In…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It seems to be the core of the rebuttal argument we heard here is that this is a violation of student privacy and that we would be somehow looking into records that are confidential. I would direct the gentlemen…

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…

Thank you, Mr. Neugebauer, I appreciate the privilege to address this issue. And, Mr. Chairman, Katrina funding doesn't belong in this DOD emergency supplemental appropriations bill. We have had now 6 months to debate and discuss and…

I want to thank Mr. Rehberg for leading on this amendment and giving me an opportunity to participate in this. I would like to also thank the Chairman, Mr. Souder, for the intensive work that he has done on meth. It has been a real…

I am honored to deliver the story of an American hero, Marine First Sergeant Brad Kasal, to this Chamber and to the American people. Sergeant Kasal was born in the small town of Afton, Iowa, where he was raised on a small family farm and…

I have with me a letter written by Najim Abdullah Abid Al-Jibouri, the mayor of Tall 'Afar, Iraq who saluted the Third Armored Cavalry Regiment. The mayor of Tall 'Afar saw that the United States soldiers were sacrificing and turning that…

this Member appreciates the privilege to address you, Mr. Speaker, and to stand on the floor of the people's House, the United States House of Representatives, and convey some thoughts that I think need to be shared with you, Mr. Speaker…

as was stated earlier, I do consider it an honor and a privilege to come to the floor of this House to address you, Mr. Speaker, and to carry this message across the waves to the American people. I would first take up the issue of a…