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.

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.

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.

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…

I would like to thank the gentleman from Minnesota for his support. I also thank the gentleman from Maryland for introducing this very important resolution and for what it means to so many across our country. Mr. Speaker, I have no further…

H. Con. Res. 18 would authorize the use of the Capitol Grounds for the National Peace Officers' Memorial Service on May 15, 2013. I am pleased to be the sponsor of this important resolution, along with the gentlewoman from the District of…

In closing, law enforcement all over the country every day go to work to protect us, protect our neighborhoods, our communities, always knowing that they may not return home that night. I think this is very fitting that we honor the men…

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…

Adding 17,000 pounds to our trucks aren't going to make our bridges any safer in Pennsylvania or in Ohio or in the hills of Tennessee or on a winter road in Minnesota.

I urge the subcommittee to oppose unnecessary restrictions on the location of the new FBI headquarters.

We have our immigration laws for two reasons. No. 1 is to protect American jobs, and No. 2, to protect the American people.

I disagree--I am listening here today and I guess my first disagreement is how we even define our borders.

Forty percent of the people that are in the country illegally didn't cross a border; they came here on a visa, the visa expired, and they disappeared into the system and we can't find them.

Now there is a new proposal here to grant the pathway to citizenship to millions who have crossed the border illegally or who have overstayed a visa. I believe that this will only encourage millions more, now, to come here through our open…

We need to make sure that we are doing first things first--that we are securing our borders.

I wish to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Goodlatte), chairman of Judiciary.

First, I want to acknowledge the work of the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Smith) for his leadership on this bipartisan legislation. Currently, the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, also known as the…

I wish to yield 7 minutes to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Smith), who is the sponsor of this bill.

I wish to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Pitts). {time} 1250

How much time do I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Pennsylvania has 7\1/2\ minutes remaining.

Just over a year ago, the people of the 11th Congressional District of Pennsylvania endured some of the worst flooding that we have ever experienced. In the aftermath of both a hurricane and a tropical storm, the Susquehanna River and…

I have no more speakers and I am prepared to close. I reserve the balance of my time.

Congress should require that every department utilize zero base budgeting.