Martin Sabo: “What DHS funding is used today in contravention of section 642(a) of the 1996 Immigration Act?”

let me just make a few comments. First, let me be clear. I have great appreciation for the work of the chairman of our committee, Mr. Rogers, and what he has done in this subcommittee. The work of his subcommittee has significantly…

I thank the gentleman. I am just afraid we are doing another miniature No Child Left Behind in this law that we passed a couple of weeks ago. It is the Federal Government again deciding how the States should run something that States have…

I have read the chemical bill language, and I do not understand whether that language preempts the ability of a State to adopt more stringent requirements than the Federal standards.

I am just curious, did the Speaker call for a vote, and did I hear some people vote aye? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman is not stating a pertinent parliamentary inquiry. The question is on the motion to table.