Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank you and also Chairman Meadows for their good work and Ranking Member Connolly for holding this hearing to examine the implementation of the Visa Waiver Program.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. It is very rare that I get to speak in opposition to such bad legislation, but not only do we have a single bill that is bad legislation, my friends across the aisle have packaged five bad bills and…

She opposed this bill because employees deserve the same protections, she said, as investors. This makes sense. This is easy. We should be able to do what we want to do here and stimulate the economy, yet, at the same time, allow these…

I would suggest in our pharmaceutical regulatory procedure, our regulations, that we adopt a poison pill amendment...

There is not a lot of shame at the table today, but this is disgraceful.

My amendment would improve title II of H.R. 712 to ensure that the effectiveness of agency regulations are not solely evaluated by the basis of the cost to industry. Rather, the primary importance of agency rulemaking to the improved…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 18, line 12, strike ``and''. Page 18, line 21, strike the period and insert ``; and''. Page 18, after…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Massachusetts will be postponed. Amendment No. 5 Offered by Ms. Foxx The Acting CHAIR. It is…

It is our constitutional mandate to conduct oversight.

You need to do better. You really do.

We need to know how many people overstay their visas.

I think we've stopped that, and we're actually climbing out of the hole, and we're helping families.