| Reflections On Abortion And The District Of Columbia |
May 17, 2013 |
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Steve King, R-IA
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"There is a lot of pressure from the illegal drugs coming into America. Something greater than $60 billion a year would be the street value of illegal drugs in this country. When I first came to this Congress, the DEA couldn’t tell me what that number was. In fact, I don’t think they’ll still tell me what the number was. That number is more published from the news media than it is from the people who are supposed to know the answer to that question. With that pressure from those illegal drugs, they’ll find another way into America until the demand is shut off. I can tell you that we could raise the price of illegal drugs in America, the street price, by locking down and stopping the bleeding at our southern border. Then they’ll have to find another way to get it in, and the price will go up. When the price goes up, fewer people use it."
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| Celebrating Public Service Recognition Week |
May 8, 2013 |
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Frank Wolf, R-VA
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"Federal employees often get little recognition for their work, despite the fact that day in and day out many of them are repeatedly put in dangerous situations. From the Customs and Border Patrol and DEA agents working to combat illegal immigration and human trafficking and drug runners, to the FBI agents rescuing children who have been kidnapped and finding suspected terrorists—federal employees perform vital jobs that make our country a safer and better place."
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| Water Resources Development Act Of 2013—Continued |
May 7, 2013 |
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Mark Warner, D-VA
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"A few minutes earlier today I was with seven DEA agents who had just received the Congressional Badge of Bravery. They had been recently deployed to Afghanistan. These are all people who represent the commitments we fight for on the floor of the Senate."
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| Consolidated And Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 |
March 21, 2013 |
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Harold Rogers, R-KY
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"This will allow our military a lot more flexibility in how they spend the money we give to them—all the while it’s a meager amount compared to what they need. Nevertheless, they’re given flexibility, and with the other agencies like Veterans and Homeland Security, with Border Patrol, with veterans’ pension cases and trying to help relieve that workload, and all of the agriculture needs of the country included in this bill, as well as the Commerce, Justice, Science part. So we are properly funding things like the FBI and the DEA, the law enforcement agencies, the Commerce and Trade Divisions, as well as all of the others included in the bill. {time} 0950"
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