Mr. Sullivan mr. President . The presiding officer the senator alaska. Mr. Sullivan i ask that the quorum call be dispensed with. Officer sphe without objection. Mr. Sullivan i ask unanimous consent that the senate be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. The presiding officer without objection. Sol i ask unanimous consent that the mr. Sullivan i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 114, h. R. 23. The presiding officer the clerk will report. The clerk calendar number 114, h. R. 23, an act to reauthorize the National Windstorm Impact Reduction program and for other purposes. The presiding officer without objection, the senate will proceed to the measure. Mr. Sullivan i ask consent that the committeereported substitute be agreed to, the bill as amended be read a third time and passed, and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The
The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from South Carolina is recognized to close. Mr. Gowdy i want to thank chairman goodlatte for his leadership on this and so many issues of significance on the judiciary committee. His steady hand and brilliant legal mind. Mr. Speaker, i want to thank the family of kate steinle during this time of unspeakable grief. Bearing a child, mr. Speaker, is what each of us who has ever been called mom or dad, fears the most. After Trayvon Martin was killed, the president said that could have been my son, mr. Speaker. And when i see a picture of a beautiful kate steinle smiling, that could have been any of our daughters. And it still can be because what happened to her, mr. Speaker, can and will happen again if we do not get serious about enforcing the law. John francisco lopezsanchez had a quarter centurys worth of lawlessness. He committed local state and federal crimes in five separate states. And each time had so little regard for the law of this country t
Undocumented immigrants. Now that house hearing. It is about two hours. The immigration subcommittee will come to order. I want to start this morning with a matter of requesting reports from department of Homeland Security for the potential beneficiaries of hr422 for the relief of corina and hr396 for the relief of Maria Ramirez and jay rojas. From the Immigration Service and the department of homeland subcommittee report on the beneficiary bill u. S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement removes the aliens and i will support requesting the beneficiary on these two private bills if they find no derog derogtory information. The committee has approved and passed these bills in the past but they didnt come to law. One bill grants permanent residents to a couple with children who cannot be treated out of outside of the United States. The other is coming to take care of her husband. Would you like to make comments . I would just note you have correctly stated the matter and we are of one mind
What are your thoughts when we hear sang ware city proponents are more likely ive reviewed a lot of literature on this. And there is no evidence that immigrants are any more or less likely to commit crimes than anyone else. Thats not the relevant question. The question is what do we do with that fraction of the immigrant population that is committing crimes that has committed crimes how do we and thats where i. C. E. Needs the cooperation of local Law Enforcement agents because its the local agencies who know the problems. Thank you very much. Chair recognizes gentleman from illinois for his questions. My deepest sympathies to the family. Her death is a senseless tragedy. I have two daughters of my own and as a father, i cant imagine the pain that our parents are going through. I am truly very sorry for your loss. I am often criticized by my supporters that i dont have a soft spot for violent criminals. Many argue that old convictions on drunk driving should be forgiven when determinin
Enforcement service for immigrants, or been shown to increase the likelyhood more people will report crimes. They destroy the trust of the community at large that the laws will be enforced to preserve the quality of life for all. Despite the widespread public outrage at the San Franciscos sheriffs policies that caused the release of the man who went on to kill kate steinle. It is clear some jurisdictions will not budge from the policy and to make matters worse the Obama Administration new priority enforcement project explicitly allows jurisdictions to avoid ice and establishes the entire country as a sanctuary by restricting the ability of i. C. E to remove illegal aliens. Congress needs to stb that local Law Enforcement agencies will have cooperation in good faith and sanctions for those jurditions for those that continue to cooperate and by reversing the Obamas Administration nonenforcement policy. Thank you very much. Thank you ms. Vaughn. Chief dill . Chairman gowdy, Ranking Member