Lamar Smith

Last year, more than 178 million records of Americans were exposed in cyber-attacks.

The number of cybersecurity incidents reported by federal agencies has increased over 1,000 percent in the last eight years.

The breach of the Office of Personnel Management alone compromised the personal information of more than 20 million people.

On rollcall No. 691, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.'' ____________________

I thank my friend and colleague from Texas (Mr. Ratcliffe) for his work on this legislation, for his earlier generous comments, and for yielding me time as well. I also want to thank both him and the gentleman from Texas, Michael McCaul…

I thank my friend from California (Mr. Hunter), the chairman of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee, for yielding me time. I also want to thank both him and the Transportation Committee chairman himself, Bill Shuster…

Americans' distrust of national news outlets continues to rise because of the media's persistent bias and one-sided coverage. A recent Pew Research Center survey found that nearly two-thirds, or 65 percent, of Americans believe the…

the President's proposed amnesty led to a surge last year in illegal immigrants coming from Central America

If you don't have good data, you don't have a good result, no matter how good the process is.

the President's proposed changes in our Cuban policies have led to a recent surge in Cubans particularly coming across our southern border

So you admit 80 percent of the refugees from Syria.

the number of sanctuary cities has doubled under this Administration

President Obama is misleading Americans about climate change. At a news conference in Paris, the President claimed that fish are swimming through the streets of Miami as a result of climate change. There is indeed something fishy about…

Today's hearing will demonstrate that the President's U.N. climate pledge is destructive to the American economy and would produce no substantive environmental benefits.

The President's pledge to the U.N. would increase electricity costs, ration energy and slow economic growth.

The American people should be suspicious of this Administration when it continually impedes Congressional oversight of its extreme climate agenda.

the President's statement that Miami flooding is linked to climate change in my view is entirely false and in fact disputed by meteorologists at the National Weather Service.

You say Syrians are less of a threat, even though we've had testimony from the FBI Director that of all of the cohorts of refugees, including Iraqi refugees, we have less information about the Syrian refugees than others?

I have no rational explanation for the President's threatened veto. It is simply astounding to me that a President of the United States would want to veto a bill that tries to protect the security of Americans.

According to a recent report by the Energy Reliability Council of Texas, energy costs for customers in Texas may increase by up to 16 percent per year due to the Clean Power Plan alone.

Today we will hear recommendations from the Commission to Review the Effectiveness of the National Energy Laboratories.

The so-called Clean Power Plan will cost billions of dollars, cause financial hardship for American families, and diminish the competitiveness of American industry around the world, all with no significant benefit to climate change.

The President's plan gives control of U.S. energy policy oftentimes to unelected United Nations officials.

What are you doing to discourage municipalities from asserting sanctuary status?

Give me one example where you have enforced current law that prohibits jurisdictions from claiming sanctuary status.