Sean Duffy

I don't think I have seen an issue that has made me more angry than seeing 4-year-olds and 6-year-olds and 8-year-olds by themselves with smugglers or coyotes coming to the American border.

That would go a long way to sending the message to these specific three countries that if you send your kids it is dangerous.

I appreciate the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Petri) yielding. Mr. Speaker, I don't want to engage in a debate on global warming, especially after the winter we had in Wisconsin last winter. The bottom line is last winter it was…

I first want to thank the panel for their testimony today.

There is something deeply wrong with the day-to-day operations at the Bureau.

Without reservation, this committee and Members of Congress have continually expressed their concern to the CFPB about its data collection efforts.

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 34, line 15, strike the closing quotation marks and final period. Page 34, after line 15, insert the following: ``(m) Logging…

I appreciate the opportunity to testify regarding this common sense legislation that has been carefully crafted with the stakeholder's views in mind.

I believe H.R. 4283 is consistent with the goals set forth by this subcommittee to make recreational opportunities available, as well as leaving our lands in even better shape for future generations of Americans.

I urge the committee to pass this legislation quickly and appreciate your support today.

Thank you Chairman Bishop and Ranking Member Grijalva for holding this hearing today.

I do, Mr. Chairman. The CHAIR. The gentleman from Wisconsin is recognized to speak on the point of order.

With that, I think this is important. I appreciate the chairman's support, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Duffy). The amendment was…

This town, this Congress, spends a lot of money to alleviate the pain of poverty, of homelessness, and hunger, but a majority of that money is focused on urban centers. I don't take issue with that. There is a lot of poverty in the urban…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 99, line 8, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $10,000,000)''. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from…

What I would just ask then is that the chairman and the ranking member, when this goes to conference committee, if they would consider the issue that I brought up today, and consider my constituents and the safety of my constituents in…

In central and northern Wisconsin, logging is an incredibly important industry for our community and for our economy. In Mosinee, Wisconsin, we have a very large paper mill. A vast majority of the wood that feeds that paper mill comes from…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act…

I think most Americans are aware that the President has recently stated that he intends to transfer the core functions of the Internet to an international or foreign body. What my amendment does today will prohibit the President from using…

I have to tell you, what surprises me is usually we see liberal outrage.

We have had quite a few hearings on the discrimination at the CFPB...

And what does religion have to do with markets? No good answer, right?

If we are here to protect consumers--and that is the objective of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau--why wouldn't you give the consumer an opt-out if that is who you are here to protect?

I just want to say a few brief remarks about the Miller-McCarthy bill, a great bipartisan proposal.

On Friday, May 9, 2014, I was at home in Wisconsin taking care of my amazing wife and our new baby daughter. Had I been present. I would have voted in the following ways: H.R. 4438-- American Research and Competitiveness Act ``yea,''…