Jim Sensenbrenner

I wanted to publicly thank these members of Congress for their work and for their dedication to finding creative, common sense solutions to the problems with the RFS.

I suspect that this is a factor in EPA's decision to grant the partial waiver to meet the statutory requirements using ethanol.

I visited Puerto Rico, and believe me when I say the fiscal crisis the island is facing is, in every way, a crisis. Hospitals can't pay their bills. They have closed wings of the hospital. One hospital is $4 million in debt because they…

I went to Puerto Rico in March. I have been involved in negotiating this, at the request of the Speaker, literally since the first of this year. This is difficult. This is something that nobody is happy with. This is something where…

I thank the gentlewoman from Washington for offering this amendment, and I support it. This amendment clarifies that grant monies authorized by H.R. 5046 can be used to fund community-based substance abuse diversion programs sponsored by…

I am prepared to yield back after the gentleman from Michigan yields back. I reserve the balance of my time. {time} 1330

I thank the gentleman for offering this amendment, and I support it. The opioid epidemic has victimized countless Americans, including the most vulnerable among us--our children. We are all aware of the grim statistics surrounding…

I thank the gentleman for yielding and commend him for offering this amendment. The amendment makes reasonable and appropriate changes to the Justice Department's Family-Based Substance Abuse Treatment Program, a program authorized under…

I thank the gentlewoman for her offer of working together. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Massachusetts (Ms. Clark). The amendment was agreed to.

I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Rothfus) for yielding and for offering this amendment. The amendment adds a purpose area to the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Grant Program established under H.R. 5046, which would allow grantees…

I thank the gentlewoman for offering this amendment. The amendment directs the Government Accountability Office to study and report on Justice Department programs and research relative to substance abuse and substance use disorders among…

I thank the gentleman for offering this amendment. As the gentleman knows, addiction treatment and recovery in a noncriminal justice context are not within the Judiciary Committee's jurisdiction and, therefore, were not included in H.R…

Immigration makes us stronger as a country. Pluralism will help us defeat ISIS.

The President said at the time that Immigration and Customs Enforcement should focus on felons, not families; on criminals, not children.

We must not let the tragic acts of a few result in all immigrants being treated as criminals.

Comprehensive immigration reform would allow law-abiding immigrants to come out of the shadows and get right with the law.

Now, our job in Congress, honestly, you know, as we did with the FREEDOM Act, and as we are doing with the Electronic Communications Privacy Act update, is to balance our belief that there should be privacy for people who are not guilty or…

I have been one of the privacy hawks on this Committee.

I think the government, San Bernardino County specifically, would like to get to the bottom of this, and you're resisting it.

The questions about encryption should be decided by Congress rather than through a warrant based on a 220-year-old statute.

In the Warshak case in 2010, the Sixth Circuit ruled the content of America's emails is protected by the Fourth Amendment.

I think the court has decided and you're not happy with the court decision.

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 289, noes 137, not voting 8, as follows: [Roll No. 643] AYES--289…

I have a question relative to the issue of the Guantanamo detainees.

In my opinion, the Judicial Redress Act is essential to enforcing an umbrella agreement to transfer law enforcement information.