Lamar Smith

The Cybersecurity Enhancement Act coordinates research and development activities to better address evolving cyber threats.

Cyber attacks against U.S. Government and private sector networks are on the rise.

The Cybersecurity Enhancement Act...coordinates research and development activities to better address evolving cyber threats.

Would you favor, Dr. Goldstein, the public release of the cost of regulations before they are actually implemented so the American people would know what the economic impact would be before they are actually put into effect?

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America's ability to compete depends on whether we have the present vision to conduct the science that will define the future.

Where there is no vision, the people perish--this Committee's goal, and today's hearing, is to help define that vision and ensure that America continues to be the leader of global innovation.

To set the stage for this Congress and to understand where America is heading, we have very knowledgeable witnesses testifying before us today.

As the wall behind me says, 'Where there is no vision, the people perish'--this Committee's goal, and today's hearing, is to help define that vision and ensure that America continues to be the leader of global innovation.

We admit only about 6 percent of the legal immigrants now on the basis of their skills. That happens to be, I think, the lowest percentage of any industrialized country in the world.

the 2012 deportation numbers are not a record, using the current methodology of counting both removals and returns.

One thing that I think all Members can agree upon, and I assume all panelists as well, is that immigrants work hard, they create jobs, and they set a daily example of how to achieve the American dream.

We don't want to jeopardize their jobs or depress their wages.

I do think that generosity gives us the credibility to say that we need to devise an immigration system that is in the best interests of America and Americans.

So the Secretary must answer for the delay in arresting this sexual predator and for allowing him to be on the streets today.

I also plan to ask the Secretary about her lack of cooperation and transparency with regard to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program.

We are on the cusp of undertaking this massive reform of our immigration system that I started out my remarks referring to.

I have amendments at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the amendments. The Clerk read as follows: Strike all after the enacting clause and insert: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Sexual Assault…

I thank the gentleman from Texas, the chairman of the Science, Space, and Technology Committee for yielding me time. Madam Speaker, first I want to thank the gentleman from California, Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, for honoring both Neil…

The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, or AIA, was signed into law on September 16, 2011. It was the first major patent reform bill in over 60 years and the most substantial reform of U.S. patent law since the 1836 Patent Act. The…

In closing, I would like to, once again, thank my friend and colleague from California (Mr. Schiff) for introducing this bill and for getting us to the point at which we are now--hopefully, on the cusp of passage. I yield back the balance…

I thank the gentleman from Georgia for yielding me time. Today we say good-bye to a friend and colleague and a friend on the House floor who has served Congress for more than three decades. I have known and appreciated Jay Pierson for many…

We have no further requests for time, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Smith) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, H.R…

I wanted to thank the former chairman of the Judiciary Committee himself for those generous comments and say I've certainly enjoyed our working relationship over the last 6 years, and I know that that will continue as well.

We have no other speakers on this side, and I yield back the balance of my time, as well. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Smith) that the House suspend the rules and pass the…