At this time, I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. King), a member of the Judiciary Committee.

I will now yield to both the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Gohmert) and the gentleman from California (Mr. McCarthy), the majority leader, for purposes of a colloquy. And I will begin by yielding to the gentleman from Texas.

I thank the gentleman from Kentucky, the chairman of the Appropriations Committee for his leadership on this issue, and I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 5230. There is a crisis at our southern border, and it is a disaster of President…

I know you said that is just the way it is, and I agree, but I just want to make an added point. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The time of the gentleman has again expired.

So 50,000 coming across the border, that is 50,000 unaccompanied minors coming to the border, and they are a small percentage of the total number of people. Eighty-five percent of the people coming to the border right now--and all…

At this time, its my pleasure to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Scalise), the brand-new majority whip of the United States Congress.

I thank the gentleman from Kentucky for his leadership on this issue. Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 5230. There is a crisis at our border. It is a crisis, a disaster of the President's own making. The Obama…

I thank the gentleman from Texas, the chairman of the Rules Committee, for his leadership on this issue. Without enforcement of the law, there cannot be accountability under a law, and political accountability is essential to a functioning…

Sign one bill into law, enforce another version of it in practice. Rinse and repeat until the accumulation of power in the Presidency is complete. We should all support this resolution today, as it aims to unite two- thirds of the Federal…

Our Nation has lost a true public servant. Congressman Caldwell Butler, who represented the Sixth Congressional District of Virginia from 1972 to 1983, passed away last night. He will be remembered for many things, including his sharp…

Abusive patent litigation is a scourge on our economy, and it is the product of those taking advantage of loopholes in the current system to engage in what amounts to litigation extortion.

This Administration doesn't do that. It is fundamentally and to its core wrong.

The President is not enforcing the immigration laws, because any time you issue an order for the massive unilateral nonprosecution of individuals who are breaking the law, that is, by definition, not enforcing the law.

I am committed to the rule of law.

So this refusal to bring a bill to the floor, despite the fact that an overwhelming majority of Americans support comprehensive immigration reform, is something that I feel very badly about.

The question ought to be asked every single time in every interview, if you think it is a public threat and a national security issue, which you testified it was.

They say unequivocally that the reason we are having this crisis is because of the President's policies.

Does gang membership qualify as a threat to public safety or national security?

Can you understand why the American people are so frustrated with this Administration?

It would seem to me that increasing that standard, and doing it now, would send word to people that if they truly are seeking political asylum in the United States, they should state that when they come to this country.

But those later adjudications are now rising to approval rates that approach 70 percent, which is, to my knowledge, much higher than it has been in previous years.

I hope to explore potential explanations for how we have gotten to this point, with particular emphasis on the interpretation of the House Rule regarding committee jurisdiction.

Our extraordinary fiscal crisis demands an extraordinary solution. We must rise above partisanship and join together to send a balanced budget amendment to the States for ratification.

To say to all that, as the chair of the Judiciary Committee, I appreciate the bipartisan work that has been done on many of these sex trafficking bills. I appreciate especially the work of the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Scott), who is…

At this time, it is my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer).