My good friend from Oklahoma--and he is a good friend. We have seen each other often in the Rules Committee-- protests too much. This is not a bill, and the American people should know that it is not a bill. It is an affirmation of the…

Let me tell you what we did not do today for the American people's enhancement. What we did not do today is provide for enlisted men and women. We need to increase compensation for their families who are on food stamps. We did nothing for…

I thank the gentleman from New Jersey for his leadership, and I thank Mr. Royce, Mr. Engel, Mr. Smith, and Ms. Bass for establishing a real, viable African policy, a policy that I have had the privilege of being part of for all of the…

As an American, I certainly celebrate religious freedom and acknowledge the importance of freedom of religion and speech and the ability to have access to a free press. Sadly, I rise to take issue with the comments said by the Commander in…

This body cannot be afraid of the Constitution. It has been our guiding moral force for this Nation for all of our beginnings and our nows. This amendment is truly an amendment that will protect and provide for the FBI to do its work and…

This weekend, I will join the AFL-CIO's 2018 MLK Conference dealing with civil and human rights. At that time, we will discuss the GOP tax scam that stops the labor movement in its tracks because 83 percent of the tax cuts goes to the…

Let me repeat the refrain of those of us who are members of the Judiciary Committee who have gone through this process since 9/11, and that is that we support the integrity and the importance of section 702 as a national security tool, and…

A little clarity I think is very important on a very, very important issue. I would like to call 140,000 young people in my State DREAMers because they dream of the greatness of America. The status that they are under is something called…

Let me thank the gentleman from Florida for his astute assessment and analysis in his earlier remarks today, particularly sharing with us his experience on the Intelligence Committee, and I thank him for mentioning the fact that I serve as…

That article suggests that we have the responsibility to protect America and Americans. I would make the point to my good friend, who mentioned that men and women or families sending their young people over to battlegrounds, they are…

This is a minimal standard of which every American should expect and is owed. It is a minimal standard upon which we stand the Constitution. We are missing what our role is here. It is not to rush through a FISA bill that has been delayed…

I thank the gentleman from California for yielding. I believe it is so important that the communication--the work that we are getting ready to do here in the United States, to provide communications technology, needs to go forward. We must…