Steve Lynch

But does it make sense that someone that has been given a chance, at least through deferred action, would go and jeopardize their status here in order to be .0002 percent of a Statewide election?

I actually think, and I think the President agreed, that the best result would have had us coming up with a comprehensive immigration policy that would address everyone.

The misguided, at times, premise that the President's immigration orders pose a threat of voter fraud by non-citizens who will somehow hijack the election process and thereby threaten our national security.

I am not sure that it is a partial Government shutdown and furloughing of approximately 30,000 dedicated Homeland Security employees an appropriate response to the President's executive orders?

I continue to welcome the opportunity as a direct representative of my constituents to consider and debate our Nation's immigration policy on its merits.

I do share President Obama's frustration with the inability of Congress to produce a balanced and sustainable immigration policy.

I am actually the ranking Democrat on the National Security Subcommittee that is going to address those.

I thank the gentleman from Maryland for yielding and for his leadership on this issue. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong opposition to H.R. 50. With all due respect to my friend from Utah--and I do respect him; I know he didn't write this…

I thank the gentlewoman. This 2-year extension is in addition to the extension we already provided by the regulation last year. That further delay adds unnecessary risk to our financial system. And that is why I sponsored another amendment…

I want to thank the gentlewoman for yielding and for her great work on this issue. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to H.R. 37, the so-called Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act. I served on the Financial…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, if I may, I would like to just amplify some of the concerns raised by the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Kildee) in his remarks about the fact that here we are, just the second day of this…

I'm going to get killed by this Cadillac tax.

We've got a lot of the unions across this country that have built up multi-employer health benefit plans for health care for their employees.

Far and away, the best prize that life offers us is the ability to work hard at work that is worth doing.

So how are we helping out these employees because their information is out there now?

I think we are whistling through the graveyard here and we are not taking it seriously enough.

I am concerned about this because so far what I see is there is no negative consequences to the United States Postal Service because these 800,000 employees' Social Security numbers were stolen.

The one vulnerability they have now that traditionally terrorist organizations have not had is that they have to defend their turf.

And I wish to God you protected the White House like you're protecting your reputation here today.

They came forward, they pointed out deficiencies, and those deficiencies were changed.

For many of these whistleblowers, doing the right thing and disclosing violations of law and fraud, waste, and abuse comes at a high price.

Federal whistleblowers serve a valuable role in identifying waste, fraud, and abuse across the Federal Government.

I am pleased to join my colleagues from Ohio and Michigan in the consideration of H.R. 4919, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 715 Shawan Falls Drive, in Dublin, Ohio, as the Lance Corporal…

I think we all agree that Federal agency Web sites must be secure in order to protect taxpayers from being the victims of an information security breach. For that reason, I support the measure before us, the Safe and Secure Federal…

I just--I don't think this whole dispute, this whole hearing is appropriately before us.