Ric Keller Quotes

Common sense and history tell you that rewarding illegal behavior will only encourage more of it.

The death tax causes one-third of all family-owned small businesses to liquidate after the death of the owner. It is also an unfair tax because the assets have already been taxed once at their income level.

Millions of Americans each year use our national forests to go hiking, fishing, hunting, camping, swimming, horseback riding, and canoeing.

I rise today in strong support of the Children's Safety and Violent Crime Reduction Act, because it is a commonsense way to protect our schoolchildren from pedophiles.

Illegal immigration costs taxpayers $45 billion a year in health care, education, and incarceration expenses.

On my recent trip to the Mexico border, Border Patrol agents in California told me they have arrested the same coyotes 20 times, but they are not prosecuted.

You can lead a bureaucrat to water, but you can't make him think.

Historically Black Colleges and Universities, or HBCUs, have played an important role in enriching the lives of not just African Americans, but our entire country.

Finally, we need more Border Patrol agents. Although Congress has already tripled the number of Border Patrol agents since the late 1980s, more are still needed.

If we don't act, drilling will be allowed only 3 miles off Florida's east coast beaches.

Illegal immigration presents a huge problem. That is why I decided to spend a week along the southern border to see firsthand how bad the problem is and, more importantly, what Congress can do to fix it.

The economic impact of illegal immigration on taxpayers is catastrophic.

I believe the American people are entitled to some straight talk when it comes to higher education funding.

I represent Orlando, Florida, the world's number one vacation destination.