Hal Rogers: “Is the gentlelady aware that the President proposed to cut the Border Patrol in his budget submission to the Congress?”

My words were not acceptable. And I expressed my regret to her first and foremost.

When our Founding Fathers chose a bold, new, and innovative self-rule government, it was met with deep skepticism by the world's monarchs. They said self-rule is only a dream. Our Founders said they are right; it is the American Dream. Now…

I thank the chairwoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, as chairman of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, I rise in support of the appropriations act that we are considering today. The fiscal situation facing…

Congress has the power of the purse. It has the gravitas and it has the onus and the impetus to act justly for America's stolen children.