Mike Lee

If the alien was authorized to work in the U.S. during the time in which he or she was legally authorized, would not those taxes have already been collected?

Now, if this same approach is used by an illegal alien who has entered after the enactment of this law, assuming it is enacted into law, will not this 3- or 3½-year period, whichever it is, amount to a de facto enforcement holiday during…

I could see that there would be consideration based on the age of a conviction, the type of a conviction...

We are a Nation of immigrants. We always have been. I hope and pray that we always will be.

Many conservatives are genuinely willing to discuss fundamental immigration reforms, so long as that reform is founded on a truly secure border.

I am very concerned with the near-complete discretion that would be granted to the Secretary of Homeland Security through this bill.

How can DOD work to address, anticipate, and mitigate against the so-called bow wave that will be caused by the slowdown in depot inductions that we are seeing?

economically we are in a different position now.

Now, we know that sequestration is likely to slow the input, will slow down the induction of some aircraft into depot.

the reason I raise the concern, as you can imagine, is that we have had a number of delays in connection with the F-35.

Are you concerned that even if there is not an impact, that this could at least create less of a margin for delays?

The BRAC 2015 will not look like BRAC 2005.

The United States will not accept limitations on its missile defenses.

Russia will not be allowed to have a veto on U.S. missile defense plans, programs, and decisions.

The President has made clear on numerous occasions that cooperation with Russia will not in any way limit U.S. or NATO missile defenses.

General Dunford, as the United States and Afghanistan negotiate for a troops presence in the country, can we continue to expect similar miscalculations in the future as referenced in the question above?

the conduct was not anticompetitive.

DOD is currently spending about $10 billion more conducting the war effort in Afghanistan this year than was estimated would be necessary.

General Dunford, a U.N. report in February stated that Afghanistan lost $3.9 billion in 2012 due to public sector corruption.

It's a pleasure to be here today. I thank you for chairing this hearing on a number of water and power measures.

I've co-sponsored both of these bills with my colleague Senator Hatch.

More broadly, I worry that such voluntary commitments take the Commission away from enforcing antitrust standards according to the rule of law, and instead toward an informal, and in my mind illegitimate, regulatory approach.

I believe that coordinated statements of policy engender confidence in the agencies and provide clearer guidance for businesses and practitioner, and that is what I would strive for, if confirmed.

I worry a little bit about the precedent that that decision might set.

telling half-truths to maintain a monopoly or near monopoly position.