Lamar Smith

this Administration has broken all kind of records with its proposed regulations, I think over 200 in 2011 alone, each of which would cost businesses over $100 million.

I don't know why we expect this to be any better or to perform any better than other stimulus bills that the Administration has advanced that have not particularly worked.

I am proud of the work that the Judiciary Committee has done to protect Americans' rights from being threatened by the Obama administration's so-called Affordable Care Act.

Under Obamacare, the government not only tells Americans that they have to buy health insurance; it also tells them what that insurance must cover.

The law is not only unconstitutional, but it also scrambles the economics of America's healthcare system in a way that reduces competition.

The ultimate victim will be the American people who will receive higher cost, lower quality care.

I signed Amicus briefs with the Supreme Court urging them to recognize that the Act is unconstitutional and to strike down the entire law.

This Committee has helped expose the unprecedented and, to me, unconstitutional individual mandate, which requires every American to buy health insurance.

Obamacare is not just bad policy, it is bad economics as well.

First of all, let me thank the gentlewoman from Florida, who is a member of the Judiciary Committee herself, for yielding me time. Madam Speaker, I am pleased to cosponsor H.R. 4970, and I want to again thank my colleague from Florida…

H.R. 3803, the 'District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act,' was introduced by House Constitution Subcommittee Chairman Trent Franks and has over 180 cosponsors.

Since September 11th, each proposed change to U.S. immigration policy must be thoroughly considered with an eye toward national security.

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 quit looking…

Today the House continues its effort to restore the financial security of our country with consideration of H.R. 3534, the Security in Bonding Act of 2011. I thank Mr. Hanna for his sponsorship of this bill and Mr. Gowdy and Mr. Polis…

I submit the following exchange of letters regarding H.R. 4119. May 15, 2012. Hon. Lamar Smith, Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC. Dear Chairman Smith, On March 21, 2012, the Committee on…

The American workforce is increasingly mobile. Fifty years ago, most people worked in the communities in which they lived. Today, many more Americans travel to other states for work. The complexity and variation among state income tax laws…

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.

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. My hometown…

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.

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

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

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

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 activity.'' But…

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 antitrust…