I along with millions of Americans will never stop fighting for the God-given right to speak your mind, freedom of expression, and freedom of speech.

excluding illegal aliens from apportionment promotes equality, because it prevents voter dilution.

I am a firm believer in the separation of powers and the rule of law.

California should not be able to effectively dictate fuel economy standards, tailpipe emission requirements, and mandates for zero-emission vehicles for Louisiana and the rest of the Nation.

When we allow one State's authority to increase Federal standards for the entire Nation while preempting any State that seeks to decrease them, we are acting inconsistent with bedrock principles of federalism.

When we allow people to flagrantly violate any law and then we just turn a blind eye to it, all that does is lead to those people committing additional crimes.

Unfortunately, sanctuary city policies undermine our justice system and our national security.

Sanctuary policies not only jeopardize the ability to protect our citizens, but they also allow illegals to commit crimes.

I think that is part of the demise of our criminal justice system and the reason that we have an uptick in crime across the country.

Like each of you, I took an oath to defend the Constitution, and I intend to uphold it.

Absolutely not. I mean, it is a danger to public safety.

the same people who lost loved ones in the Gulf of Mexico...plead with the Administration not to implement this moratorium.

You should be answering these questions based upon the information that you have, and not taking directives to protect people who don't deserve that protection.

And so, unfortunately, I believe that your testimony today has impeached you, has impeached your character.

We're going to ensure that that economic expansion is going to last a long, long time. So again, I would urge the gentleman to reject the President's plan. Join us. Give private industry an opportunity to see what is out there. Once and…

The rhetoric here just does not meet the facts. Our energy policy in this country has continued to fail us because we have spent money in areas that are getting us no results. We know that to lower costs for all Americans, we must lower…

I just wanted to take a moment to discuss with my good friend from Massachusetts some of the statistics that he was laying out for the American people here on the floor. The problem is that we are lacking the demand for energy right now…

Make these properties available so that private industry can come in to determine the amount of reserves that can be extracted out of the ground and given to Americans to reduce their overall energy consumption. So, Madam Speaker, I will…

An amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013, introduced by Congressman Jeff Landry (R-LA) and passed by the House, would prohibit information collected by drones operated by the Department of Defense from being used in…

On rollcall No. 438 I inadvertently voted ``yea.'' I meant to vote ``nay'' because of the drone issue. ____________________

Thank you, Mr. Graves. Mr. Huelskamp was just on the mark. I will venture to say that today's ruling actually extinguishes the fire of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It destroys life, liberty, and that pursuit. The question…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill, before the short title, insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act…

I have heard from some of my colleagues and outside groups, and they would argue that this is not the time to have this debate. But if not now, when? When will we publicly debate the issue? We are waiting on a conference report of which we…

I am honored to join my distinguished colleagues, Ranking Member Rahall, Mr. Huizenga, Mr. Tom Graves, and Ms. Herrera Beutler, on this amendment. Our bipartisan amendment prohibits any funds under this act to be used to implement any…

I would only remind the gentleman from Massachusetts that this is, if you are an environmentalist and you want to help protect the environment like I know the gentleman from Massachusetts so desperately wants to do--I have served with him…