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

As we seek to reform our immigration system as a whole, we must take the time to look at each of the individual issues within this system to ensure that we get immigration reform right.

why would you not want all of your competitors to be required to use E-Verify as soon as possible?

Growers need a fair, workable guestworker program that gives them access to the workers they need when they need them at a fair wage and with reasonable conditions.

I thank my friend and colleague from Virginia, the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations, for his leadership on this bipartisan effort, as well as Ranking…

Just last week, we learned that IRS employees have admittedly targeted conservative groups for additional and unwanted scrutiny just because they chose to exercise their First Amendment rights.

The focus should be on those people who break their oaths and put the American people at risk, not reporters who gather this information.

Tomorrow, on the west front of the Capitol, we will honor those law enforcement officers killed last year in the line of duty. In 2012, 127 officers gave their lives while protecting America's public safety, including three officers in my…

At this time, it is my pleasure to yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Grimm) and thank him for his authorship and sponsorship of this legislation.

This secret deal undermined the rule of law and robbed the American taxpayers of the opportunity to recover over $200 million in fraudulently obtained funds.

Any abridgment of the First Amendment right to the freedom of the press is very concerning, and Members of the Committee want to hear an explanation today.

I take it that you or others in the Justice Department will be forthcoming with those answers to those questions as you explore why this was handled what appears to be contrary to the law and standard procedure.

As Attorney General of the United States, I think it would reflect well on the respect that the Attorney General of the United States is entitled to, to see those questions entered, answered as a part of the separation of powers, operation…

America's workers and families are in a jobs depression. Since 2009, 9.5 million people have dropped out of the workforce. America's workforce participation rate is the lowest since Jimmy Carter was President. Millions looking for…

I would like to start by reminding folks why we're here today, which is to examine a secret deal struck by a senior Justice Department official, Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez.

This quid pro quo potentially cost American taxpayers over $200 million.

I want to thank the gentlewoman from California, Congresswoman Bass, for her support in helping us move this legislation through the House today. It is a technical correction, but an important improvement to our United States Code; and I…

And rise to bring before the House H.R. 1068, a bill to enact title 54, United States Code, ``National Park Service and Related Programs'', as positive law. Until now, laws relating to the organization and management of the National Park…

I thank the gentlewoman from California for her remarks, and she is correct that this is bipartisan legislation that makes technical but important changes to title 36 of the United States Code. With that, I urge my colleagues to support…

I thank the gentleman from Maryland, the ranking member, for not only yielding me this time, but also for the great work that he has done, and also the great work that Chairman Rogers has done. They have worked together in a bipartisan…

Abusive patent troll litigation strikes at the very heart of American innovation and jobs.

the current leadership within the Department has only exacerbated them.

I thank the Ranking Member.

Abusive patent litigation is a drag on our economy.

During the last Congress we passed the America Invents Act (AIA). That bill was the most significant reform to the patent system in my lifetime.