In 1996 Congress passed the so-called Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA. It was then, as it still is today, an affront to our country's values--the values we hold true as established in the Declaration of Independence, those of life…

I want to commend your office for its work. I just wish we didn't give you so much work to do.

I believe we have let them down at several key junctures.

I do believe two things: that there are lost opportunities, financially, by not having a Visa Waiver Program.

One of the most compelling reasons to promote the expansion of VWP to qualified countries is that the program has become a vital counterterrorism tool.

In case you were wondering, that noise you heard from above yesterday morning was an old third baseman clicking his heels. Finally, on Monday morning, Ron Santo was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Now, most people knew…

I look forward to the hearing today and our witnesses, and especially Representative Mike Quigley, who has been such a leader in advocating especially for Poland, one of our most firm allies in the world.

This is not your father's VWP program. This is not your father's Visa Waiver Program.

I hear from my Polish community daily about the unfair law that excludes their country from visa-free travel.

If properly done, expansion of the VWP will improve our international relationships, create jobs, stimulate the economy, and, again, let me repeat, make us safer.

This Nation needs to keep its doors open for visits from its allies.

Countries need to meet the requirements. The bill in question does not lax the requirements.