Scott Perry

Both Congress and the Pentagon warned the White House about the worsening situation in Iraq, to no avail.

Instead, America quickly abandoned Iraq, and in the process allowed ISIS to hold transnational territory.

The crisis created by the Islamic State or ISIS or ISIL, or whatever it is called, continues unabated in Iraq.

I reject categorically the comments from my colleague, Mr. Higgins.

I look forward to working with the chairman in the future on this and would ask, at this point, unanimous consent to withdraw the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Pennsylvania? There was…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 19, line 12, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $20,100,000)''. Page 26, line 24, after the dollar amount…

Imagine committing yourself to a child, having that child see you, and wonder when the child is coming home.

Let's say the buck stops here and let's just fix it and stop this carnage from happening.

We have got to change that law. We have to, and treat the children who are coming from Central America just like we would treat the children coming from Mexico or Canada.

The President just said a couple of days ago that he has decided to go it alone on immigration reform, that he is frustrated with the way things have happened.

Just throwing money at the problem alone--$2 billion, that is what the President has asked for--if we don't have a focused plan, or if we don't let the CBP officers or ICE do their jobs, then that money is wasted.

If we don't create a deterrent to stop that from happening, this untold carnage is going to continue to happen.

The public perception that you can come here and stay has changed.

I would like to just reject categorically any claims made by Members of this committee that somehow America or American citizens are at fault for this crisis, this situation on the border.

Article IV section 4 guarantees every State that joins this union protection against this.

This administration's mishandling of this situation just encourages more lawlessness.

If children can come across because CBP Agents are changing diapers or warming formula or doing other things other than securing the border, then I am sure that elements that want to do harm to this country can exploit our poor Southern…

Regardless of how we feel about immigration reform in this country, how can we sit by and watch our country's National sovereignty, my country's National sovereignty violated over and over and over on our Southern Border?

I am frustrated that last night, we saw the IRS commissioner continue to obstruct Congress's investigation into the IRS's targeting of conservative groups by a crashed hard drive and lost e-mails.

If you enter the United States illegally of any age, you will be deported back to your home country.

Are we enforcing that? No, we seem to be looking the other way.

We have laws on the books. The 2006 Secure Fence Act.

Let the record show that since 2006, there has been an increase of over 9,000 CBP Agents in this country since 2006 to now. Over 9,000 more agents to secure our border, and our border is less secure today, I think, than it ever has been.

So I apologize earlier if I came across as angry, talking about the Southern Border. But you know what? By golly, I am angry.

It is my understanding the chairman accepts the amendment. If that is the case, I yield to the chairman.