Marshall Sanford

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill, before the short title, insert the following: Sec. __. Each amount made available by this Act (other…

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 South Carolina will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Mr. Cleaver

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. (a) The amount otherwise made available by…

I was delayed for votes on Tuesday, February 10, 2015, as the train I was on ended up being delayed by two and a half hours, and as a consequence, I arrived half an hour late and missed votes. Had I been present, I would have voted in the…

Why not go back to the simple core of that which contributes to the Highway Trust Fund gets money from the Highway Trust Fund? Why wouldn't that be a sensible idea?

I mean, how do you say to that family in Mississippi who has been struggling to make it, our entitlement system is based in paying for the whole of your life...

If, in fact, it is not as lethal and it could be handled by health care professionals rather than cranking up C-17s and sending them across the Atlantic, why not have health care professionals do it rather than $750 million?

I admire your courage, your humanity, your leadership in terms of just walking in without glove in hand.

If this thing is as virulent as some folks suggest, why in the world of quarantine are we going to let people fly from that part of the world?

What I am hearing back home is that people are really concerned about the disconnect between what they see and what they hear.

If we are a Nation of laws and not men, there is a belief that it ought to be fairly transparent at times where we are coming from.

I think from a civil liberties standpoint, that is what drives a lot of people crazy about these different lists that are kept by the Government.

I asked for money to help pay for our efforts to step up our border security, and we didn't get help.

I think one of the things that the American public is thirsting for is the same kind of decisiveness and reality they see in the military in a perimeter that isn't breached on the Southern Border.

It strikes me that you could have the greatest technology in the world but if you didn't have appropriate and proper human infrastructure to manage that technology, you would still have a very, very serious, even gaping security hole.

What the GAO said was basically the program that we spent $1 billion on, and we have over 3,000 officers enlisted in, isn't working; that it is not effective; it hadn't produced results.

I think that there is a real civil liberty component to what is going on here that I think is a real challenge.

The whole idea of spending $1 billion and having 3,000 folks employed in this endeavor while, you know, from a statistical standpoint the results are about 50/50, seems to be not a good use of taxpayer money.

I think there are too many people in politics who think they know it all. And I think that they project this whole image of perfection, that, you know, the perfect family, the perfect person, the perfect this. The reality is none of us are…

The worst piece of legislation I have seen during the 15 years I've been engaged in the political process.

I authored REAL ID based on the necessity to help ensure the security of driver's licenses and other state-issued identification cards.

I -- I have been unfaithful to my wife.

And so here's where I am. I'm going to waive confidentiality on the ethics probe against me, because my belief is we have an outstanding record with regard to standing up to the taxpayer and trying to do the right thing consistently.

I'm going to waive confidentiality on the ethics probe against me, because my belief is we have an outstanding record with regard to standing up to the taxpayer and trying to do the right thing consistently.

I've been unfaithful to my wife. I developed a relationship with a -- what started as a dear, dear friend from Argentina. I hurt you all. I hurt my wife. I hurt my boys. And all I can say is that I apologize.