John Ratcliffe

Russia continues to rank near the top in terms of capabilities, with increasing aggression across the globe that may continue to manifest itself in cyber space.

I think everyone here knows and hopefully agrees that unnecessary regulations hurt job growth and suppress wages.

Congratulations. It would also be quite a shame if the reason it stopped doing business was--after nearly a century--was because of unnecessary regulatory interference.

Just 2 months ago, Gallup released a poll that found that 69 percent of Americans name big government as the biggest threat to our country right now.

I hope that you can appreciate why so many of the folks that have been in here today see it as the height of arrogance by the administration.

For the last several decades, our National security interest has been to sanction Iran.

Those sanctions, frankly, were working pretty well, until this administration did away with them.

Maybe we need to bring Secretary Kerry here. Maybe we need to remind Secretary Kerry that he is no longer Senator Kerry.

we need to utilize every tool in our arsenal to ensure that the people coming to the United States... are properly vetted

I am humbled to represent thousands of teachers, firefighters, and law enforcement officers across the Fourth District of Texas who have dedicated their careers to public service. As the son of two schoolteachers and as a former law…

The Declaration of Independence contains a passage that every student in America learns at an early age. It explains that each of us are endowed by our Creator with certain inalienable rights, chief among them the right to life. This…

The purpose of this hearing is to address the impact of the Wassenaar Arrangement, which was recently amended to propose export controls for cybersecurity products.

What we won't stand for is a de facto regulation of a thriving sector and cornerstone of American industry.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2015. I want to thank Chairman Chaffetz and Chairman Goodlatte for their hard work on this package of…

The President's plan to once again bypass Congress and unilaterally implement gun control measures represents yet another, sadly, all too familiar assault on our Constitution. This time, the President is doubling down with a two-for-one…

ObamaCare is intrusive, it is expensive, and it is full of broken promises. Its biggest failure is the simple fact that it makes life more difficult for hardworking Americans. In my district, I have heard countless horror stories from…

The horrific attacks in San Bernardino underscore the pressing need to defeat ISIS and radical Islamic extremism. But instead of trying to fix his failed policies, which contributed to the very rise of ISIS in the first place, the…

I thank the gentlewoman for her support and leadership in connection with this bill. I would also like to thank Chairman McCaul and Ranking Member Thompson for their leadership in moving this important bill forward. Mr. Speaker, threats in…

For you to make, you know, what would appear to be a highly questionable, likely unconstitutional action of the President your highest priority is troubling for me.

We certainly didn't advocate for this, and we didn't support the policies, which have been the catalyst for this crisis.

I was one of the first folks who questioned the constitutionality of the President's actions in that regard.

the 700,000 Texans that I represent who are certainly concerned about the impacts of illegal immigration in this country and what many see as an environment of lawlessness created by this Administration when it comes to the enforcement of…

Well, whether she is hearing cases at this time or not, she's been paid as an employee of the United States Government, and there have been long periods where while she's being paid to do that, she's been hearing cases but not ruling on…

that type of backlog of cases really amounts to de facto amnesty, because a lot of individuals that are in this country, perhaps illegally, to remain here without any repercussion as their cases are stuck in administrative limbo.

I thank the gentleman from Kentucky for his leadership on this important issue. Mr. Speaker, every day Washington hits the American people with more regulations that hurt families, but very few will hurt these families more than President…