I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 643, line 11, insert after the first dollar amount the following: ``(increased by $10,000,000)…

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 Texas will be postponed. Amendment No. 76 Offered by Mr. Correa The Acting CHAIR. It is now…

He is making over $100,000 in our company. He doesn't have not even half of an associate degree.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division E (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

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 Texas will be postponed. The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 83…

We have a gentleman that came to us 7 years ago through a program where I was reimbursed for the wages that I paid the gentleman that came along with another three workers that I acquired at that time through that program.

This is about treating people as humanely as possible. When profit is the main thing that drives the decisions on detention, incarceration, the conditions in which people are detained, then we are doing a severe injustice to those folks…

Studies have shown repeatedly that these private detention centers are of a lower quality than publicly owned facilities. There is something very perverse about an industry in the private detention and private prison industry that…

Again, Mr. Chairman, this is an issue, fundamentally, of transparency and accountability; and the argument that I hear coming from the other side is that this is an evidentiary issue and that it is going to be too much of a hassle, so we…

People's lives are at stake. When we talk about policing practices and transparency, accountability, the use of body cameras, these things have made people safer in their communities. They have made law enforcement safer. The concern about…

Again, I understand those concerns. But just as we have cameras here, so that the public can listen to every word that is being said in this Chamber, it is important that when law enforcement officers, including CBP officers, are…

How much time do I have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Texas (Mr. Castro) has 2 minutes remaining.