Lamar Smith

If so, it is very disturbing because that is about five times their proportion of the population.

Americans say the national media are biased, untrustworthy, and too liberal, according to separate polls released recently by Gallup and the Pew Research Center. Gallup found that only 1 in 10 Americans now have a great deal of trust in…

We need a constitutional mandate to limit both the President and Congress to annual budgets that spend no more than the Government takes in.

Financing Federal overspending through continued borrowing threatens to drown Americans in high taxes and heavy debt.

America cannot continue to run huge Federal budget deficits.

On rollcall No. 741 I inadvertently missed the final passage of H.R. 2401, the ``Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation'' (TRAIN Act) on Friday, September 23. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.''…

The Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2000 directed the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics to collect data on deaths that occur at two stages of the criminal justice system: deaths that occur in the process of arrest and…

Liberal media bias gives Democratic candidates an extra 8 to 10 percentage points in a typical election, according to a study by UCLA political science professor Tim Groseclose. For example, Professor Groseclose found that if media bias…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, on October 31, the authorization for the United States Parole Commission will expire. H.R. 2944, the United States Parole Commission Extension Act of 2011, extends the Commission's…

For 2 years, 14 million Americans have been out of work. Yet illegal workers hold 7 million jobs. It is inexcusable that American workers have to compete with illegal immigrants for scarce jobs. Congress has the opportunity to open up…

The number one job of Congress is to create jobs.

The Investor Visa Program plays a part in achieving this goal.

We must ensure that our policies help private enterprise, strengthen our economy, create jobs for American workers and maintain our global competitiveness.

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I offer this legislation on behalf of myself and Representatives Cuellar, Hinojosa, Roskam, and Rush. A number of American hospitals have great difficulty attracting nurses. These…

I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on H.R. 1933, as amended. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of…

I have no 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. 1933, as…

I have no 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. 398. The…

I have no 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. 2480, as…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I offer this bill on behalf of myself, the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Coble), and the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Cohen). Lately, the need to reform Federal administrative…

I have no requests for time, 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 bill, S…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, this September 11 marks the 10-year anniversary of the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history. America is fortunate not to have suffered another attack of such magnitude and…

Every person who works in or visits a Federal building should share our sense of safety and the confidence we have in those who protect those hallowed halls.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Illinois will be postponed. Announcement by the Acting Chair The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to…

In 2001, a biotech entity called the Medicines Company, or MedCo, submitted an application for a patent extension that the PTO ruled was 1 day late. This application would have extended patent protection for a drug the company developed…

I think this is a good amendment. I urge my colleagues to support it. I yield back the balance of my time.