Steven Palazzo

This is nothing more than they disagree with an individual on their policies and their programs and their politics, and they want to punish that person.

I think it sends a horrific message, and are we doing anything to go after the voter fraud in these cities.

Protecting, you know, the American citizens vote is extremely important to me.

In your testimony, you talk about protecting the servicemembers' rights to vote and also their reemployment rights when they deploy.

That is one place we can find bipartisan support is Buy American Hire American.

Well, I hope we can eradicate 100 percent of human trafficking, especially in this day and age with technology.

How many others do you feel are out there? And also you say smuggled; by smuggled, I am assuming that they are not crossing the ports of entry, they are coming in through our porous border, correct?

Of course, several reasons, probably because we have a large, 2,000-mile contiguous border with Mexico and that border is not secure.

There is a tremendous amount of downstream costs to America, to states, cities, municipalities, based on just the sheer volumes of illegal immigrants that are also currently in our country and that are making their way to our country.

I believe these judges are doing the best they can with the little they have under immense pressure and what I would refer to as a crisis and an emergency on the border.

A combination of a defensive barrier, boots on the ground, and technology, would well-serve and protect an American and American citizens.

But if people come here illegally, that is still against the law in our country, correct? And what would that charge be?

From being able to discuss things with the professionals that are knowledgeable on the subject matter, we learn things every day to help us make decisions.

I just want to continue to urge my colleagues, you know, to get down there and see firsthand.

Originally we had $5.7 billion in the President's budget and you asked for 75 additional judges, but it was reduced--for the wall, it was reduced to $1.3 billion.

There's no comprehensive, nationwide permitting process for aquaculture in federal water, which I think has probably hindered America

Thank you for everything that you have done for NASA; your work hasn't gone unnoticed.

I am proud to represent the Mississippi Gulf Coast, which is home to NOAA's National Data Buoy Center.

I thank the gentleman for his remarks. Seeing no other speakers, I would like to thank the chairman and ranking member for their support in committee for restoring the funds. Mr. Chairman, I urge an ``aye'' vote on my amendment, and I…

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 156, line 4, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $17,000,000)''. Page 157, line 13, after…

We want to help South Mississippi deal with its problem and it might be quite different than a problem somewhere else in America.

After seeing how weak the previous Administration was on crime, I am happy to see this Administration makes steps to toughen up on criminal and gang activity.

Congratulations on your retirement. Thank you for your leadership at NASA and your decades of service.

With President Trump signing the NASA Transition Authorization Act of 2017, have the attitudes or the morale in NASA, how would you gauge that as the administrator?

Border security is absolutely national security. Thank you for protecting America, trying to keep our communities safe.