ms. frost is the junior professor of law at the university of virginia undergraduate alma mater. professor frost research focuses on immigration and citizenship law, federal courts of jurisdiction and judicial ethics we think our witnesses for appearing today we will begin by swearing un. please rise and raise your right hand. >> to swear or affirm under penalty of perjury that the testimony you're about to give us true and correct to the best of your knowledge information and belief so help you god. let the record reflect that the witnesses have answered in the affirmative. thank you. please be seated. please know that your written testimony will be entered into the record in its entirety. we have to summarize your testimony of five minutes. mr. cooper, you may begin. >> mr. cooper, thank you, sir. >> good afternoon to members of the committee. i am especially pleased to be here to explore with you the meaning of six words of the citizenship clause of the 14th amendment and subject to the juri

mccarter i will note ms. frost, when we have a little bit of time, i will give you ample time as well the please proceed. >> ranking member and distinguished members of the committee, the 14th amendment confers citizenship on any person who was both born or naturalized in the united states and subject to the jurisdiction thereof. each of those clauses is a specialized term of art. it does not mean what it may mean at first glance. for example held as recently as four years ago that those born in u.s. territories are not covered by the citizenship clause despite being literally born in the united states. and, similarly, the jurisdiction clause it evokes the doctrine of allegiance meaning the person must owe direct and exclusive allegiance to the sovereign as a d.c. circuit held as recent as 2015. historical record is lengthy and complex. i would respectfully direct you all to the amicus brief that i submitted on behalf of many members of this committee. i will highlight three issues in particular. first, like mr. co

ms. stansberry votes no. mr. garcia. mr. garcia votes no. mr. frost. mr. frost votes no. ms. lee. ms. lee votes no. mr. kazar. >> no on the motion to table our motion to have elon musk give this committee. >> mr. kazar votes no. ms. crockett. >> no on giving the american people the transparency that they deserve -- >> demagoguery again! >> ms. crockett votes no. ms. randle. ms. randle votes no. mr. subermuno votes no. ms. ansary votes no. mr. bell. mr. bell. ms. simon. ms. simon votes no. mr. min. >> mr. min votes no. ms. presley votes no. ms. to leave. >> i decided to put my residence before elon musk, and i vote no. >> mr. tlab votes no. >> how am i recorded? mr. chairman, how am i recorded? >> mr. timmons is not recorded. >> aye. >> how am i recorded? representative perry. representative perry votes aye. >> how is boebert recorded? >> not recorded. >> boebert votes aye. >> how is burlison recorded? >> mr. burlison is not recorded ? >> not recorded. >> aye. >> house mr. grothman? i will vote aye. >> mr. gosar is not recorded. mr. gosar votes aye. >> how is mr. donald's recorded? >> not recorded. mr.

ms. stansberry votes no. mr. garcia. mr. garcia votes no. mr. frost. mr. frost votes no. ms. lee. ms. lee votes no. mr. kazar. >> no on the motion to table our motion to have elon musk give this committee. >> mr. kazar votes no. ms. crockett. >> no on giving the american people the transparency that they deserve -- >> demagoguery again! >> ms. crockett votes no. ms. randle. ms. randle votes no. mr. subermuno votes no. ms. ansary votes no. mr. bell. mr. bell. ms. simon. ms. simon votes no. mr. min. >> mr. min votes no. ms. presley votes no. ms. to leave. >> i decided to put my residence before elon musk, and i vote no. >> mr. tlab votes no. >> how am i recorded? mr. chairman, how am i recorded? >> mr. timmons is not recorded. >> aye. >> how am i recorded? representative perry. representative perry votes aye. >> how is boebert recorded? >> not recorded. >> boebert votes aye. >> how is burlison recorded? >> mr. burlison is not recorded ? >> not recorded. >> aye. >> house mr. grothman? i will vote aye. >> mr. gosar is not recorded. mr. gosar votes aye. >> how is mr. donald's recorded? >> not recorded. mr.