I am not totally convinced that the antitrust laws don't have an important role that can be utilized.

I still think there is a monopolistic scenario with all the big banks.

I think to just look at the last couple of years--and I represent part of Philadelphia and the suburbs of Philadelphia.

I believe the Judiciary Committee has an amazingly instrumental and intricately important role... on this whole question of reordering our markets.

I am proud to be a parent of a soon-to-be 10-year-old tomorrow.

The kind of funds which have been allocated to Mexico are small compared to what we spend in other places.

The United States is a major cause of the problem on smuggling, weapons smuggling.

The facts about what is going on in Mexico are staggering, posing an enormous threat to the United States.

We talk about illegal immigrants coming in from Mexico. It is a lot more serious if illegal weapons are going into Mexico.

When you see how much drugs are coming into this country from Mexico, threatening our young people and older people alike, I think we just have to do a lot more about it.

when it is our children, we find the political will to do what we need to do.

I believe in alternative education, but I believe in it when it is not a way station.

And I think it is the political will of us as a nation, especially at the early stages and where we are failing so many kids...

But the long-term return is dramatically more than what it is going to cost, and that is the difficulty for us as a government...

I thank you for your leadership as it relates to sanity in gun regulation in this country.

We clearly--and wanted to advocate and expand that opportunity to every community we can.

And accountability is built in with signatures of the parents and of the school officials and of the principal--so as far as you can mandate parent participation.

Thank you, Madam Chair.