mr. mccotter: here is a quote. ng by its fact and limited to children born of parents at the time of birth were in the united states lawfully or indeed permanent resident -- residence. chair roy: mr. cooper, do you share that view? mr. cooper: i do. i would point out that long itself conditioned its irresistible conclusion from the 14th amendment. it affirms the ancient and fundamental rule of citizenship by birth within the territory in they allegiance and under the protection of the country, which was premised in that case on the parents of long being lawful permanent residents, allegiant air this country. chair roy: to be clear, you do not believe that long's opinion extends at a minimum beyond what we would characterize under today's law as an lpr status individual? mr. cooper: no, it clearly did not have anything to do, as mr. o'brien has said, with illegal aliens or aliens here who may be here lawfully but only temporally. chair roy: are you aware of any opinion by the united states supreme court that has exte

mr. mccotter and i would also introduce into the record note by amy from the heritage foundation and alson op-ed in -- that was written by mr. cooper and paterson along the subject as well. without objection, i will insert that into the record. that concludes today's hearing, we thank the witnesses appearing before committee today. members will have 5 business days. without objection, the hearing is adjourned. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations]

mr. mccotter and i would also introduce into the record note by amy from the heritage foundation and alson op-ed in -- that was written by mr. cooper and paterson along the subject as well. without objection, i will insert that into the record. that concludes today's hearing, we thank the witnesses appearing before committee today. members will have 5 business days. without objection, the hearing is adjourned. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> c-span's washington journal our live forum involving you to discuss the latest issues in government, politics and public policy, from washington and across the country, coming up wednesday morning, editor-in-chief of the publication breaking defense erin meta about president trump firing pentagon leaders and nomination of lieutenant general and former cia associate director dan kane and potential budget cuts to defense. democratic congresswoman, member of the budget and appropriations committees, role of democrats in current congress and will continue the conversation with florida republican congressman, member of appropriations