José E. Serrano

What other budget reductions--if your budget request is enacted----

Significant decreases.

Previous ATF reports have indicated that nearly 60 percent of guns used in crimes can be associated with only 1 percent of federally licensed firearms dealers.

One of the concerns is the low prosecution rate as we interpret it and as many in the press interpret it.

A 2016 Justice IG order of the handling of firearm purchase denials noted a big drop in prosecutions since fiscal year 2013.

What records do we need to get state or federal partners to prove submission of relevant health and other records?

A couple of hundred would bring you to 20 percent, you said?

I can't let it pass. My good friend, and I mean my good friend, Mr. Palazzo, no democrat supported undocumented folks voting in elections.

The right to vote is one of the most important rights we have; it is secured by the Constitution of the United States and several laws, including the Voting Rights Act.

This is the greatest country, but that is why we have immigration issues.

If you don't want an immigration problem... then don't advertise.

Does that qualify that we kidnapped their children if we did that?

I mean that is something that we are not supposed to be doing.

No one likes children being separated from their parents.

The chairman's opposition to a wall does not fall under the usual arguments that you will hear.

An 850,000 person backlog that has increased 14 percent or more each year over the last 8 years might be an emergency, and it is okay to say that.

Because from what we understand on the committee during the shutdown, many may not have been sent written notice after the shutdown that the cancellation now is over and they can be taken care of, or at least dealt with their issue.

We want judges to be judges; we want them to judge, we don't want them to have to meet a quota or meet a time line in order to deal with justice.

I find unacceptable is that you didn't come to the Congress, to this subcommittee, and openly discuss this budget situation

The same day you submitted a rather glowing statement to this subcommittee, you sent an email out to EOIR staff stating that due to the increase in cost of interpreters you are potentially going to slow down the hiring of judges, cancel…

I am hoping, Mr. Aderholt, that every panel we have from now on agrees with each other as much as this.

Addressing the seafood-trade deficit is one of our top priorities, as part of the Blue Economy Initiative

Puerto Rico has been devastated by recent hurricanes and the Federal Government, in partnership with the local government, are investing heavily in ecosystem restoration and repairing infrastructure.

According to the U.S. Government's best scientists, we are not doing nearly enough to avoid substantial damage to our economy and human health from the impacts of climate change.

Further, the severity of future impacts will depend largely on actions taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to adapt to the changes that will occur.