Lou Barletta

I am begging you. Sarah has 3 to 5 weeks to live. Time is running out.

But half of a building, you are willing to give up half of a building that you charged the taxpayers with $90 million to tailor-make it for you. What about that money? Can you imagine? Would you do that with your home?

Six years ago the NRC went around the committee authorization process and committed the taxpayers to $350 million for a building that you can't fill.

Without enforcement, our laws mean nothing. I am very concerned that what we are doing is really just creating a paper tiger.

40 percent of them overstayed their visas and are a possible threat to our National security.

Unless this is addressed, I see this as a major stumbling block to immigration reform.

I believe that these overstays are a much, much more serious National threat.

Over 40 percent of the people that are in the country illegally didn't cross a border.

I believe our first priority in any type of immigration laws are, No. 1, to protect the American people.

I think simply put, you wouldn't replace the carpeting in your home if you still had a hole in your roof.

As local entities, how can we increase roadway safety infrastructure on locally owned roads to reduce fatalities and serious injuries?

Do you agree that, first of all, that adequate truck parking facilities are a critical safety and infrastructure investment?

I couldn't disagree with that more. I believe we have now made our borders less secure because millions, millions of people are now being encouraged to come to the United States illegally.

The position has not changed. And, in fact, I believe the fact that I stood up for the rule of law and I speak for the importance of protecting our national security and our American jobs here, it has allowed me to win elections, getting…

Sure. When I was mayor of Hazleton, over 40 percent of the entire population of Hazleton was Hispanic, and I won with over 90 percent of the vote. And I don't know of anyone at the time who took a harder stance against illegal immigration…

I would argue that our borders are not secure until we also deal with the fact that visa overstays are part of our National security responsibilities.

Our immigration laws are meant for two reasons; protect the American worker and to protect our National security.

If you could prevent just one terrorist from being granted legal status, wouldn't you agree that it is worth the wait?

You can't just do it every 20 years. Immigration, the flow of people, the reasons why they come across, the reasons why businesses want certain types of workers, that is going to change year after year after year.

What makes this promise to the American people any different than the one in 1986?

In 1986, Congress promised the American people that if they gave amnesty to 1.5 million illegal aliens...we would secure our borders and we would never deal with this again.

Judge Escobar, in your testimony you talk about the need for reforming our immigration system before we spend enormous resources trying to secure our borders from migrants who are looking for a better life specific to El Paso.

H. Con. Res. 19 would authorize the use of the Capitol Grounds for the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby on June 15, 2013. I want to thank the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer) for introducing this resolution. He has been a long-time…

This seems to be a waste of taxpayer's dollars to require data collection on the need for sign and pavement marking retroreflectivity projects, when the cost-effectiveness of these projects has already been proven.

The interstate system was designed to move goods across the country efficiently. Having a patchwork, jigsaw interstate system where one State allows heavier trucks, one State does not would be typical of Washington's involvement to take…