Mr. Speaker, according to the American Enterprise Institute, the labor force participation rate has dropped to its lowest level in 30 years. The only reason the unemployment rate fell slightly to 8 percent is because another 522,000 adults…

Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 3534) to amend title 31, United States Code, to revise requirements related to assets pledged by a surety, and for other purposes, as amended. The Clerk read the title of…

The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office has found that less than half of the U.S.-Mexico border is under the operational control of the Border Patrol.

Mr. Speaker, and many thanks to my good friend and fellow Texan, Ralph Hall, for bringing H.R. 3834 to the House floor as part of cyber-week. Just about every aspect of our lives is somehow connected to the internet in one way or another…

It is time to bring our I-9 system into the 21st century.

I wanted to ask what took so long to comply with Chairman Smith's subpoena.

Voter ID laws help ensure the integrity of our elections and protect the rights of lawful voters.

The foundation of our democracy rests on secure and fair elections.

I wanted to ask them whether the Administration advised them not to answer that subpoena.

Mr. Speaker, today's so-called ``mainstream'' media is not mainstream. The modern encyclopedia, Wikipedia, says, ``The term `mainstream' media denotes those media generally reflective of the prevailing currents of thought, influence, or…

Madam Chair, 2 years ago, during the debate over the Obama administration's unconstitutional health care bill, this House considered a measure similar to this amendment. During that debate, I argued that the repeal of the McCarran-Ferguson…