John Culberson

As the designee of the gentleman from Texas (Mr. McCaul), I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end of title II the following: SEC…

I thank the gentleman for those remarks. Barbara Bush and George H.W. Bush do exemplify all of the greatest character traits that made the Greatest Generation what it is and made this country what it is. It has been a privilege to…

It is my privilege tonight to pay tribute to the life of a great Texan and a great American: Barbara Pierce Bush. Mr. Speaker, it is my privilege to yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Burgess), my colleague.

We are looking for actual evidence of anyone using the legal processes of this country for political purposes will be prosecuted to preserve and protect the respect for the rule of law.

Anyone under the Department of Justice or the FBI that would use the legal processes of the United States for political purposes has to be prosecuted and brought to justice.

It is essential that the rule of law be respected on the Southern Border and so we sincerely appreciate that.

We should be thinking long term and give NASA the freedom to plan more than one year at a time.

I personally want to thank you on behalf of the American people for your extraordinary service to the country, to the space program.

There is no better way to ignite a spark of enthusiasm and excitement in kids' hearts than introducing them to an astronaut.

NASA helps drive scientific research and innovation in our nation.

I figured out a way to get to the Department of Justice to change a sanctuary city policy without ever passing a bill.

The law is clear. Your rule is clear. There is no reason for there to be any delay with this.

If we would just follow the Constitution and apply that standard to any problem, no matter how complicated, he said the Gordian knot will always untie itself.

No one is going to do a better job than the Governor. That is the genius of what Mr. Jefferson and the Founders left us.

Respect for the law. That is one thing this President is doing. Restoring respect for the law, respect for our military, and respect for the United States around the world is one of the most important things this President was doing.

The Border Patrol said: We don't catch them, they catch us.

Ninety-six percent of them never show up for their hearing. They are just gone. They enter the United States illegally.

It is putting their lives at risk. These poor kids and these young parents had to come from Central America and Guatemala under threat of assault, rape, murder in order to get here.

I believe anything that has got a President's portrait on it ought to be under the jurisdiction of the people's elected representatives through this committee.

Just get 'er done. That is what this election was about. The American people voted to get 'er done, right?

I encourage you to just be bold and assertive and to get to yes.

I am convinced that your approach and your attitude lies at the heart of the reason that Donald Trump was elected President because people feel the government is so badly broken that they elected this guy from outside of the entire process…

I think that is one of the biggest lessons learned here, Mr. Chairman, that there was inadequate warning given to people.

I can tell you, as a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, I am going to use every financial tool at my disposal to light a fire under every bureaucracy that I can find that is sitting on this money.