Civil asset forfeiture is a useful law enforcement tool, but one that needs to be carefully monitored.

I understand that you are, as Mr. King noted, from Iowa, the capital of ethanol production, but I will just note that it doesn't sell as well in the hinterlands of many other parts of American agriculture.

it violates principles of federalism.

I thank Chairman Sensenbrenner for convening this hearing today on the important issue of civil asset forfeiture.

In the new farm bill, there is a key bipartisan compromise that I was proud to spearhead with Congressman David Scott that protects dairy farmers, as well as restaurants, food processors, grocery stores, and consumers.

giving law enforcement a direct financial incentive in the seizure of property violates a central command of due process.

It will play an integral role in the enforcement of U.S. immigration laws and the discontinuation of the jobs magnet responsible for so much illegal immigration.

One way to make sure we discourage illegal immigration in the future is to prevent unlawful immigrants from getting jobs in the U.S.

Americans have long been promised tougher immigration enforcement in exchange for the legalization of those unlawfully in the U.S.

We will not only provide the Administration with the tools it needs, we will also act to ensure that the President cannot unilaterally shut down immigration enforcement in this country.

Selective enforcement of the law is destructive to our system. Ignoring laws simply because we wish they weren't laws is destructive to the system.

Isn't that exactly what DHS has been doing, suspending the deportation process and creating an enforcement-free zone for millions of unlawful and criminal aliens?

I think that Congress needs to debate is whether the policies of this Administration encourage further illegal immigration into the United States or not.

If you believe in market theory, wages should be going up. They are not. It has something to do with immigration.

I was particularly taken by your statement, which I agree with, that the primary purpose of our immigration laws is to protect the jobs and wages of American workers.

This year Congress will engage in a momentous debate on immigration.

the facts tell a different story.

The oath we took as Members of the Congress was not, as much as we love it, to defend Arizona or California or Virginia; it was to defend the Constitution of the United States.

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