Beto O'Rourke

I want to thank Representatives Lamborn, Barrow, and Jenkins for their bipartisan work on this amendment. Mr. Chairman, we obviously need a comprehensive solution to the sequester. Ideally, that's what we would be doing. I don't want to…

My amendment aims to provide the Department of Defense with additional budgetary flexibility, should they need it, to guarantee that the resources are available to properly maintain family housing at our military installations. Section…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike section 8058. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 312, the gentleman from Texas (Mr…

I think Secretary Napolitano is down there this week to meet with President Nieto's cabinet level officials.

What does a secure border look like? Then work back from that and decide how we want to get there.

One that I think about a lot is the balance between seeing Mexico and the U.S.-Mexico border as a threat versus an opportunity.

Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. Before I begin with my questions, I would ask unanimous consent to submit for the record a statement from the American Civil Liberties Union and additionally 50 State-by-State maps that show how interconnected…

I fully support H.R. 813. It makes a lot of sense.

I have found this Committee to work in a very bipartisan fashion, in a very supportive fashion of the VA.

And one of the soldiers that they focus on is based at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, the community I have the honor of representing.

I want to start by again thanking the Chairman for his leadership on this issue, for focusing us on the threat that Iran poses in the Western Hemisphere, Latin America, and at our borders and within our country.

I don't see any reason to believe that the State Department was not diligent in its efforts and that the findings are not consistent with reality in Latin America and in Iran.

Just real quickly, because my time has expired, for Mr. Misztal, with the new election--or the election of a new president in Iran, Mr. Rowhani, and Mr. Maduro in Venezuela and the fact that it is clear Iran does have an anchor in Latin…

I believe and I think the facts bear out that these sanctions are having some of the impacts that we want them to have.

According to that report, Iran's influence is on the wane in the Western Hemisphere.

It is clear from your opening statement and the legislation that you have worked on in the past that you take very seriously our responsibility to understand and counter these threats before they reach the homeland.

Let me repeat that - the non-partisan CBO has scored this bill as not impacting direct spending.

The veterans whom I serve in El Paso are waiting on average 480 days to have their claims resolved.

It is clear that we have to do everything we can to help the VA transition into a digital format.

We must not let their efforts and contributions go unrecognized while we still have a chance.

I believe this is a common sense approach, and I hope we can move this bill to the Floor as quickly as possible.

These mariners have gone unrecognized for more than 70 years, and they deserve to be recognized for their service.

I strongly encourage you to support H. R. 1288 and urge you to schedule a markup soon.

I want to thank Representative Gallego for his very eloquent support of moving forward with comprehensive immigration reform and doing so in a rational, fact-based manner. And I think he would agree with me that we are very pleased to see…

I thank my colleague from Texas. Mr. Speaker, I hope that what we have discussed today has been able to illustrate the positive dynamic of the U.S.-Mexico border. What we have offered historically to this country, whether it is Ellis…