you know the bill on the floor today really should be an easy vote for every single Member of this House. And I think it is important to note that there are those that are a part of the body who keep complaining about high gas prices, but…

we have all just returned from being in our districts talking with our constituents about the issues that are important to them. One thing that I have heard over and over in my district, Mr. Speaker, is border security. This is an issue…

I appreciate that you are yielding the time to us, and we are really pleased to be on the floor tonight to talk about some of the work that we have done over the past few weeks. Before we start, I do want to say that we are very mindful…

Enforcement must be dealt with, and employer responsibilities must be addressed, but the first thing first and foremost is securing that border. What I hear from them is, let us do it right the first time, let us go in here and let us do…

many of us are talking about our veterans. And as we approach Memorial Day, it has been with great sorrow and great concern that we have noticed some of the headlines and the information on personal data of veterans being stolen. That is…

the topic of this week, the topic of discussion with our constituents, with those who are calling us is illegal immigration and their concern over Mexico's choosing and wanting to sue the United States for defending our borders. Mr…

today the phones in our district offices and our D.C. offices are ringing off the hook, and most of those calls are coming in about the situation that our country faces with illegal immigration. Mr. Speaker, it is not that complicated an…

one of my colleagues referenced the study from the Law Library of Congress entitled ``Immigration Law Sanctions and Enforcement in Selected Foreign Countries.'' It evaluates the policies and the practices of Brazil, Egypt, Japan, Mexico…

today I rise to draw to the attention of the House H.R. 5037. This is the Respect For America's Fallen Heroes Act, and I would like to encourage each Member of this body to join me and my colleagues in this act. What it is going to do is…

it is quite obvious that everyone is talking about the issues of the day: immigration and energy prices. And too many in this body are overcomplicating the issue. It is really not that hard. On immigration, secure the border, build a wall…

our constituents are asking exactly the right question: Why are gas prices so high? Well, I will tell you. There are liberal Members of this body for the past three decades that have voted to prevent domestic exploration for oil. They have…

you know, as we are talking about energy, and as we are talking about fuel prices today, it is quite amazing to watch selective memory and revisionist history take place within this Chamber. To my liberal colleagues I would simply say: you…

If the gentleman will yield. Yes, this is one of the things, and let us continue to look at this poster. You know, do we care more about caribou in ANWR, or do we want to come into an area that is an enormously large area and go into an…

gas prices are the topic right now, so let us talk about energy, because we have heard some of our liberal colleagues take great delight in talking about the gas prices, and probably they should. It is their policies that have led us to…

I just love this debate. I love this day of the year when we come to the floor and we talk about our budget and we go before the American people to talk about the priorities that we have, what we see as being important to this Nation…

illegal immigration, the process of choosing to enter this country illegally, of violating our laws, is clearly a priority of concern with the American people, and I don't think the American people are asking too much when they call our…

the gentleman talked about priorities and where the priorities are in this budget. I think that is one of things that our colleagues will want to watch over the next couple of the days because over the past decade, we saw discretionary…

the gentleman from Texas is so right when he talks about the compassion and what is the compassionate thing to do. Mr. Speaker, in 1994, the Republicans swept in here and took control of this body and have been working ever since to turn…

it is budget week here in the U.S. House of Representatives, and sometimes we hear people say, Oh, no, I just dread it when we get around to talking about this budget. And then we will hear others say, I love to just really tackle this…

last year the Republicans did support the Deficit Reduction Act that reduced $39 billion in Federal spending, and yes, indeed, as we are hearing, this is budget week here on Capitol Hill. It is something that we are tasked to do. I know…

If the gentlemen will yield. As we wrap up our hour, I want to bring it right back to where we started, talking about the compassionate thing to do is to let the American taxpayer keep their paycheck, be certain that they have first right…

the issue is not hard to understand. The American people understand this issue and we are getting lots of calls into our offices. We have the immigration debate. As we talk about illegal immigration, as we discuss the problem of illegal…

today we saw that Minority Leader Pelosi and the Democrats unveiled their plan for securing America. No big surprises. They slammed the President and demanded immediate withdrawal from the Middle East. And they called that immediate…

you know, as we have heard on this floor tonight, Americans are paying attention to the illegal immigration issue and all of us here have received call after call after call from our constituents. And, you know, they are not asking much…

Roll Call reports that the Democrats are going to unveil an ``ambitious security plan'' tomorrow. Well, bless their hearts. If they have not noticed, those of us on this side of the aisle have been focused on the issue and passing security…