José E. Serrano

Just very briefly, I usually don't get up a second time, but to my friend--and he is my friend--it is a confusion in this country. This is not about protecting the Second Amendment. We all do. Everybody does. It is about common sense and…

My amendment is very straightforward. It would prohibit funds allocated in the bill from being used on the construction and operation of private, for-profit prisons. The use of private prisons in our country is a crisis. More and more…

If you hear the opposition to this amendment, you would think that discrimination does not exist in this country any longer. Oh, how I wish that were the case. Mr. Chairman, I support the amendment. This amendment would strike the harmful…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. This reduction would have a significant impact on public safety. The ATF would be investigating fewer firearm traffickers and violent gangs. They would be unable to respond effectively to theft…

I oppose this unnecessary amendment. All this amendment does is prohibit use of funding to violate current law. As we all know, Federal grant recipients of the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, or SCAAP, are not using Federal funds…

I am in support of the en bloc amendments. We have worked on it jointly, and I support all of the amendments that are included in the en bloc. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Nevada (Ms. Rosen).

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 Colorado will be postponed. Amendment No. 126 Offered by Mr. Amash The Acting CHAIR. It is…

I would just like to take a moment to say to my friend that my prayers and my thoughts are with him, his family, his constituents, Texas, Florida, the Caribbean, South Carolina, my birthplace of Puerto Rico, and all the other folks who…

As the designee of the gentleman from New York (Mr. Crowley), I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division C (before the short…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I ask unanimous consent to bring up H.R. 3440, the DREAM Act, to protect New York DREAMers like Mila, who is able to go to college, get a job, and get a driver's license thanks to DACA. The SPEAKER pro…

I thank Ranking Member Lowey. I wish we could be here under other circumstances. The process to consider the CJS portion of this bill as part of an omnibus package is not in keeping with how the appropriations process should work. Each…

I have to tell you that I am very disappointed that a letter that my sister and friend, Ms. Velazquez, and I wrote on August 22, expressing our concerns over the lack of transparency and independent supervision over the spending decisions…

The Department of Commerce is vital in promoting job creation and opportunity for all.

I have spent a lot of time in my 27 years here talking about a new relationship with Cuba.

I am concerned that the NSF may be taking steps to begin reductions now that have been proposed in fiscal year 2018 but not enacted.

I strongly oppose the elimination of these two agencies because it will hurt small businesses, workers, and economically distressed areas.

We very much understand that Congress is in the driver's seat on the fiscal year 2018 budget.

It is the first time in the 67-year history of this agency that a President has proposed a budget below the previous fiscal year.

I am also concerned about the condition of the observatory with respect to maintenance and modernization.

NASA's Earth Science division works to develop a scientific understanding of the Earth and its responses to natural and human-induced changes.

NASA is in charge of conducting civilian space activities and science and aeronautics research. I am a strong supporter of NASA and believe that its programs help America maintain itself as the world leader in space exploration and in the…

How can such an inadequate budget request for the 2020 Census be justified?

This whole subcommittee is arm in arm when it comes to our support for fundamental research, the spectacular work done by the National Science Foundation and NASA.

I hope as a person of your background you keep an eye on this, because this is more important than we think.

This gives us or I have been told by Census Directors before it gives us indications on economic trends and on situations that we need to know also.