This policy requires a link to al-Qaeda. Is that right?

Finally, I am most concerned about the two amendments that the Judiciary Committee added to H.R. 511.

As a cosponsor, I hope that this Committee will now follow suit, so that the biodiversity and natural ecosystems in South Florida; my district, Puerto Rico; and the other areas of the United States that are vulnerable to invasion by…

I understand that the snakes that are the subject of H.R. 511 could survive and create breeding populations in the wild.

In my home, in the Northern Mariana Islands, the Brown Tree Snake is considered the number one threat to native wildlife.

Let me tell you, what you have seen, you have seen Secretary Napolitano standing firm on the deferred action policy that the Federal Government is about to implement.

Why does Puerto Rico receive less Federal funding for law enforcement purposes than State-side jurisdictions?

I refuse to bury another one of my constituents knowing that the Federal Government considers itself another bystander.

So the last comment I make is it is allocating resources.

We simply cannot do it alone. Unless Washington acts, these criminal organizations will only strengthen their foothold in the region.

We cannot win without the active involvement of the Federal Government to secure all of our Nation's borders.