Chip Roy

I thank the chairwoman.

Whatever we need to do, tools-, resources-wise, to have a collective effort... I think there is universal agreement that we want to accomplish that objective.

It has everything in the world to do with assuring that citizens and people that are supposed to vote are voting.

I am blessed and fortunate to represent the good people of the 21st congressional District of Texas in the Hill Country between Austin and San Antonio, home to President Lyndon Johnson.

I would concur, Mr. Chairman. I have seen our colleague from New York here regularly, so I agree with that.

I thank the gentlewoman from Arizona for yielding time. Mr. Speaker, the Violence Against Women Act we are voting on this week is nearly unrecognizable from the legislation originally passed in 1994. Unfortunately, our colleagues on the…

What I have heard is a cry for more money from the magic money trees that the American people are tired of hearing Washington pretend exist.

Would it astound you to learn that we are racking up about $100 million of debt per hour?

I was recently PolitiFact'ed that I made a comment in a hearing that we were racking up $100 million of debt per hour.

Are you also familiar with some of the studies in think tanks, for example, the Illinois Policy Institute, which pointed out that there are literally thousands of people that are on waiting lists in Medicaid rolls because of the number of…

Is it also true that we have had upwards of six million or more people who lost private coverage since Obamacare has been put in place in the private market?

Is it fair to say that the burdens of what is happening at the border... is putting a strain on HHS' budget?

With respect to Medicaid expansion, has anybody in the Administration, has the Secretary or anybody in the Administration, actively encouraged states that have not expanded to embrace a partial expansion or expansion now, for example…

It is true, right, that citizenship and the census data is used by Federal agencies and Congress in myriad ways?

My Democratic colleagues... fell all over themselves trying to find more debt and more of other people's money.

The American people are watching dumbfounded.

I want to know how many citizens we have in the United States of America.

The study found, 'We find that contrary to the intended goal, the Corey reform has a small negative effect on exoffenders employment that grows over time.'

There is dignity in work. Employment is part of the rehabilitative process.

I think it is safe to say that everyone in this room wants those in our society who have committed crimes to be rehabilitated.

I think we are heavily over-criminalized.

I applaud you for making this issue the first that we are going to cover in this Congress.

we would like GAO to examine whether the Federal Ban the Box initiative is achieving its intended purpose

Well you all have been extraordinarily patient. We are coming up on a couple of hours, I think, for those who have been here at the table.

these policies may not actually increase employment for people with records.