Michele Bachmann

I thank the gentleman from Montana. We also have Roger Williams from Texas' 25th Congressional District.

Thank you, Representative Tipton. From the Rocky Mountains all the way to the great State of New York, I yield to Mr. Tom Reed, a fabulous Member of Congress from New York's 22nd Congressional District.

I thank the gentleman from Texas' 25th District, Mr. Williams. We have, also, Mr. Rothfus from Pennsylvania's 12th. Mr. Rothfus, thank you for joining us today.

I thank the gentleman from Florida. I yield to the gentleman from New Jersey, Mr. Scott Garrett. He is another tireless stalwart that, during the time when we were trying to fight, said, This is what's going to happen, is exactly what…

I thank the gentleman. We have with us the chairman of the Republican Study Committee, Mr. Steve Scalise, from the great State of Louisiana.

I thank the gentleman from Texas. You are talking about an extremely important subject because the Muslim Brotherhood has been on the rise across the world, and the Muslim Brotherhood, Mr. Speaker, as we know, is a terrorist organization…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I think one thing that absolutely shocked me was in the month of June, when an individual who was the chief deputy of the spiritual advisor of the Muslim Brotherhood--Qaradawi is the spiritual advisor…

Thank you, and thank you to the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence and to the rules of this body that allow for Members to come down to this well in the most important place where free speech is allowed, and I am extremely…

I thank the gentleman from Iowa, and I am grateful that he is putting into the Record the pillars of American exceptionalism. That is our Nation. Again, what we are concerned about is America first; the American people first; American jobs…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I feel very strongly about this issue, Madam Chair. I believe without a shadow of a doubt this is one of the most insane policies that borders on madness. For the United States to give funding, training…

That's true. Mr. Speaker, I don't think that we can underscore enough the fact that when we are looking at the DREAM Act, people think we are talking about a very small group of people. This is a large group of people, and we're talking…

Thank you so much. One thing that I wanted to mention as well, in speaking with one of the experts, Mr. Speaker, Robert Rector from the Heritage Foundation, we asked him: What is the average age of the average illegal immigrant into the…

Reclaiming my time, Mr. Speaker, Representative King had stated that in the committee they were told that young people could not form intent. And my question would be, under the proposed DREAM Act that we have looked at so far, we're…

I thank the gentleman from Florida. Madam Chair, this is a very important issue that we are taking up today because the number one duty of the Federal Government is the safety of the American people--of our constituents and of our own…

I thank the gentleman on the other side of the aisle, my friend. These prisoners included trained fighters and ideological extremists who are expected to travel to Syria to join the fight with the rebels. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs…

I thank you for the recognition, and I want to thank the Founders and the American people for the privilege of being able to serve in the United States Congress and also for the form of government that they gave to us. We've just heard a…

I am a mother of five biological children and of 23 wonderful foster children. My heart is broken, as my colleague's heart is broken, over any teenager whose life is taken away from them. But I believe without a shadow of a doubt that it…

I thank the gentleman from Texas. I wanted to add on to the child care tax credits that you were speaking of. There's also another redistribution of wealth item in the Tax Code. It's called the earned income tax credit. It's one of the…

I thank the gentleman from Texas, Representative Louis Gohmert, and I also thank my colleagues who preceded me and all the marvelous comments they have given: Mr. Brooks from Alabama and the statistics that he has just given and all the…

Has the Federal Government been cooking the books for these 56 days in a row, or what happened?

I appreciate the opportunity that we have in this body to be able to come before the American people and talk about issues of the day that impact all of us. We're talking about one today, and that's really dealing more than anything with…

What I would say is this: Who is benefiting? The studies all confirm that it is the illegal immigrant who is the recipient of that money. It isn't going to the taxpayers. What we do know from a tax point of view is that illegal immigrants…

I will just be brief. It seems like you have the power brokers in this country act like this is such a difficult issue to solve, that this is some big, perplexing issue with immigration. The fact is immigration policy worked beautifully…

That is the point. And with that, I'll yield to the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. King).

I thank the gentleman, and I believe the next population most hurt is actually the legal Hispanic population in the United States. {time} 2120 It's their wages that are suppressed. So if you're thinking of a Hispanic mother who's working…