I hope that this full Judiciary Committee one day soon addresses the rogue judges that we have in this country

It is my privilege to be recognized to address you here on the floor of the United States House of Representatives and to discuss the topics that are on my mind. Hopefully, you will consider these arguments as well, Mr. Speaker. I know…

I am privileged to address the House of Representatives on this issue, as I seek to do on each pro-life issue that we have come before this Congress. This is a powerful piece of legislation that has had a lot of hands on it to produce good…

I thank the gentleman from Arizona for yielding to me, and I appreciate the years that we have sat elbow to elbow on the Judiciary Committee and on the Constitution and Civil Justice Subcommittee and have done the battle for life. What I…

I would add for clarification, Mr. Chairman, that the provision the gentleman referred to is section 408 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, which exempts those employees in foreign countries that surely would not want them uncovered under…

I would just conclude that this is the first time I have heard that Davis-Bacon was formed to protect minority migrant workers that came out of Alabama to work in New York. That seems to me to be Members of Congress representing the folks…

Reclaiming my time, Mr. Chairman, and expending the balance of it, I would point out that some of these wages that we are looking at here, here are laborers in Indiana, a total of $34.63 an hour. Here is an asbestos worker, $46.05 an hour…

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 No. 52 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee The Acting CHAIR. It is…

In response to the gentleman's comments, I am not at all convinced that it is needless. The reports that I am getting are that E-Verify has not been adequately enforced, especially at the contractor and subcontractor level. This is…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: *ERR08* At the end of division B (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. ___. None of the…

This is an E-Verify amendment. It was offered in the previous segment of this appropriation bill as well. What it does, it just simply reinstates and clarifies Federal law, the requirement to use E-Verify in the forms of all Federal…

I thank the gentlewoman for her consent to this unanimous consent request which will help expedite our debate here on this long appropriations discussion that we are having. This is the amendment that requires that E-Verify be used in all…

I have an amendment at the desk made in order by the rule. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division E (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __…

This is an amendment, a Davis-Bacon amendment, and it will be brought on each of the four segments of this appropriations bill that we are considering here in the House this evening and perhaps tomorrow morning, Mr. Chairman. Just to make…

May I inquire as to how much time I have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Iowa has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining. {time} 2115

I have an amendment at the desk made in order by the rule. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division H (before the short title), insert the following Sec. __…

I have an amendment at the desk made in order under the rule. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division E (before the short title), insert the following: Sec…

I have an amendment at the desk made in order by the rule. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division B (before the short title), insert the following Sec. __…

In response, I have heard a piece of history revisionism. Now is the first time I recall, in all these debates that we have had, that the purpose of Davis-Bacon, which does produce a result of union scales imposed by, as I said earlier…

I would just reiterate that we are getting reports that there are gaps in this enforcement and, spending my life in a contracting business, I would remind the Members that we have general contractors, we have first tier contractors, we…

I have an amendment at the desk made in order by the rule. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division H (before the short title), insert the following: Sec…

This is the amendment that doesn't allow Federal funding to support any project that enforces Davis-Bacon rules. Davis-Bacon rules have--actually, it is the last remaining Jim Crow law left on the books in America. It was established by a…

I have an amendment at the desk made in order by the rule. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division C (before the short title), insert the following Sec. __…

I am going to go out and write my own balanced budget.

This is a Davis-Bacon amendment that addresses the MILCON component of the legislation that is before us. This Congress has had this debate a number of times over the past years. The history of the Davis-Bacon Act goes back to, I will say…