I thought it was a terrible mistake. I tried to convince the Republican leadership they shouldn't have gone along with President Obama's proposal, but they didn't listen to me, so we got what we got.

Not altogether implausible is not a big endorsement of the idea either.

But if it's Federal enforcement and Federal authorities have the responsibility to carry out the job, your State and local entities shouldn't be allowed to go off on their own and create their own law by refusing to enforce ICE detainers…

The last time Congress passed a major immigration reform bill, its goal was to start with a clean slate and then stop the flow of illegal migrants across the border.

Ultimately, the American people have little trust, where the Administration has not enforced the law in the past, it will do so in the future.

I look forward to continuing to work in the House to find solutions to reform our broken immigration system.

Until we secure the border this is going to be an ongoing problem.

Ever since President Obama was first elected and chose to push through a federal takeover of America's health care system, House conservatives have led the charge to repeal the law commonly known as Obamacare and replace it with true…

Technology in the United States continues to advance at a rapid pace, with profound implications for law enforcement and the privacy of U.S. citizens.

H.R. 1773, the Agricultural Guestworker Act, jettisons the dysfunctional features of the H-2A program and creates a new H-2C agricultural guestworker program that successfully meets the needs laid out.

Our policies should incentivize innovation, not frustrate it.

It is important to recognize the tremendous success of our current system.

We are looking for a program that is dependable and consistent and one that allows us to stay in business and keep Americans working.

We all know how easy it is to steal content.

Our copyright system needs to encourage ways to deliver the great content we all love.

Copyright is a fundamental economic principle enshrined in our Constitution.

You are all making a great contribution to our effort to solve this problem of having an agricultural guestworker program that works for America.

H.R. 1773 is a bill that will replace our outdated and unworkable agricultural guestworker program and bring us one step closer to solving the larger immigration puzzle.

I appreciate you and the Ranking Member's forbearance on letting me ask questions first.

I applaud your creative thinking with the H-2C program and inclusion of seafood in this agricultural workforce bill.

I think we can solve this problem.

I congratulate Chairman Goodlatte for introducing this legislation.

one would presume that if we made this mandatory, that one of the keys to that is not just making it mandatory...

The future of immigration reform hinges on assuring the American people that our immigration laws will be enforced.

It seems to me that those who believe everything should be free fundamentally disrespect the creators who have put so much effort into their works.