I am not out to demonize anyone in any industry, but we have had enough lessons in our lifetime here to recognize, human nature being what it is, someone needs to regulate particularly this industry.

Mr. Speaker, this week the House will consider the Iran Threat Reduction Act to bolster sanctions on the Iranian regime. It is time. As the International Atomic Energy Agency recently reported, Iran could have a bomb within a year and is…

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

Madam Speaker, 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…

For those keeping score at home, one side is using this horrible screw-up to justify a policy.

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

Madam Speaker, 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…

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

I wholly believe that today's outdated visa regime reflects neither the current strategic relationship nor the close, historic bonds between our peoples.

Gauging overstay makes far more sense than someone's subjective determination.

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