I'm glad we're finally having a hearing on how immigration can create jobs for Americans.

The EB-5 program gives green cards to immigrant investors who invest at least half a million dollars towards projects that create jobs for Americans.

I begin by commending my colleague on Judiciary, Trey Gowdy, for introducing this bill and being the sponsor of it. I agree with everything that has been said. I would like to ask my colleague about a shooting I read about just today--it…

I begin by congratulating Howard Coble of North Carolina, a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, who is the sponsor of this bill, and agree with him entirely. It was reported by our committee by voice vote and no amendment. His…

I thank the gentleman, and I think this is something that our community might well want to look into, because the general impression is that crime is going down, and I assume that's accurate, but in some places it isn't. I thank the…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I want to commend the chairman of Judiciary, Lamar Smith, as well as the subcommittee chair, Mr. Coble, for swiftly moving this through the Judiciary Committee. I think it has been…

This is the most insane bill I have heard of in--well, I can't think of one that was less rational than this one.

{time} 1910 I am pleased to join with the chairman of the committee in support of the Senate bill that would allow for the extension of the term of FBI Director Robert Mueller whose 10-year term expires on August 2. On May 12 of this year…

I rise with the assistance of my good friends, Tom McClintock of California, Lynn Woolsey of California, and Barbara Lee of California. It is my Libyan amendment, again, which would prevent funds appropriated in this act from being used to…

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 demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Michigan will be postponed. Amendment No. 3 Offered by Ms. Baldwin The Acting CHAIR. It is…

This bipartisan amendment makes a technical revision to H.R. 1249. It addresses the confusion regarding the calculation of the filing period for patent term extension applications under the Hatch- Waxman Act. By eliminating confusion…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end the following new section (and conform the table of contents accordingly): SEC. 32…

I am proud now to yield 30 seconds to the distinguished gentleman from Kansas, Mike Pompeo.

I yield myself 2\1/2\ minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, this bipartisan amendment adds an important provision to H.R. 1249. It would permit the conversion of the United States to a first-to-file system only upon a Presidential finding that…

I ask unanimous consent that the gentleman from California, Dana Rohrabacher, be added to this amendment as a cosponsor. The Acting CHAIR. The Chair would advise the gentleman that amendments do not have cosponsors.

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 Michigan will be postponed. Amendment No. 10 Offered by Ms. Speier The Acting CHAIR. It is…

I would like to yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentleman from Massachusetts, Ed Markey, of the Energy and Commerce Committee.

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 24, strike line 3 and all that follows through page 25, line 12, and insert the following: (n)…

I thank the distinguished member of the Judiciary Committee and the chair of Oversight and Government Reform. The Congressional Budget Office sent the letter, Mr. Issa, about the manager's amendment, which had nothing to do with the bill…

Yes. The letter to the distinguished chair of the Rules Committee came from the Congressional Budget Office, and I would be pleased to quote it to you. The $1.1 billion is an accumulation of several other costs that they reported.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I just wanted my dear friend--and I recognize he has only been here 5 months--to realize that this is not a technical CutGo violation. This is a $1.1 billion violation. That's real money that we're going…

I thank Jared Polis, who is a brilliant former member of the Judiciary Committee, and we miss him very much. Ladies and gentlemen, the reason these two bills are put together is very easy to fathom, that is that we have started off by, for…

I thank the gentleman. I say to the gentleman, Mr. Nugent, the Congressional Budget Office sent us and you a letter saying it would increase direct spending by a total of $1.1 billion. That is not even a small increase. And, by the way…

This would spend $1.1 billion. That's not technical, my friend. It would spend $1.1 billion.