I can't think in another context where the kind of creative results of musician or artist should whole scale be appropriated, used to build up a business and generate revenues without any compensation.

I want to begin by acknowledging the extraordinary leadership of Chairman Wolf, who, as I was recounting earlier, I remember as a young law student arriving in Washington, and hearing about his work. So much of his work has been…

It has been 52 days now since the United States Senate passed bipartisan legislation to renew unemployment insurance for the long-term unemployed. For 52 days, Speaker Boehner has been the only thing standing in the way of renewing this…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 44, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $8,500,000)'' Page 66, line 16, after the dollar amount…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Rhode Island will be postponed. {time} 1545

Immigration offenses have now become the most prosecuted crimes in the Federal courts.

Our borders are more secure than ever.

The United States today under this Administration spends more on immigration than all other Federal law enforcement agencies combined.

I thank and acknowledge the work of Chairman Wolf and our Ranking Member Fattah for their exhaustive work on this appropriations bill. Madam Chair, in an effort to drive innovation and regional collaboration, the America COMPETES…

I think the suggestion that this Administration has not been properly enforcing the immigration law is almost laughable.

This Administration has formally deported more people than any President in history.

This is a very serious issue where individuals are placed on the terror watch list because they are dangerous and they have been identified as terrorists and they have the ability to go in and buy a gun or buy explosives. That is…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 5, line 17, strike ``grants'' and insert ``grants, including grants authorized under section 27 of the Stevenson-Wydler…

After more than a decade of war, the loss of 2,178 American heroes, thousands seriously injured, and the expenditure of nearly $2 trillion, we must end our military presence in Afghanistan now, safely bring our troops home, and begin to…

Tomorrow, I will introduce the 21st Century Buy America Act with Senator Chris Murphy, to modernize decades-old Buy American standards and help create new manufacturing jobs in the United States. Congress should make sure that American…

For decades the United States has maintained important strategic relationships with member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council.

I know that every member of this committee is committed to doing everything we can to hold these individuals accountable and to rescue these girls.

It has been a tremendous honor to meet with her and to see her extraordinary courage and horrifying to hear the story of how she and her family were so brutalized by Boko Haram.

The Maduro regime has engaged in pervasive, hideous human rights violations, and we must add our voices loudly in condemning this.

We have to send a strong message to Boko Haram that these heinous acts and their other terrorist activities are unacceptable.

Abducting innocent young girls and forcing children into marriage or slavery is unconscionable.

I do not think it is sound antitrust or economic theory to say you should not approve this merger because the next merger might not be able to survive antitrust scrutiny.

I think it is very clear and I hope this hearing reinforces the notion that there are tremendous consequences, obviously, for the Ukrainian people for what is currently happening there, but also for the region and, ultimately, significant…

Last week, I unveiled the ``Faces of the Unemployed,'' an effort to help put a human face on the unemployment crisis. Yesterday, out-of-work Americans from all over the country came to Congress to tell their story, and they were shut out…

I thank the gentlelady for yielding, and I thank the gentlelady for her passionate support of the State of Israel. It has been an honor to serve with you on the Foreign Affairs Committee and to be an active member of the Jewish Caucus here…