I introduced S. 1763, the Stand Against Violence and Empower Native Women Act or SAVE Native Women Act.

The history of how this happened is important.

I think this is very important that whatever happened be made fully public and never, ever happen again.

request to submit letter in support of the Los Angeles courthouse project signed by 19 Members of the California delegation

I know the preemption of State laws can sometimes be good for businesses, but it is not clear to me how preemption would help consumers or deter telemarketing abuses.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate your holding this hearing on the Mobile Informational Call Act of 2011.

My constituents have spoken very clearly. They don't like this bill.

Why should a consumer be subjected to an unsolicited text message at a cost of 20 cents per message?

The TCPA sets a floor, and not a ceiling, allowing States to experiment and give consumers more protections, should they wish to do so.

I am concerned that in redefining, quote, 'prior express consent,' consumers will unknowingly be opening themselves up to future robocalls.

And I think that this is a closely held value that came out of the TCPA legislation.

I believe racial profiling is a hurtful, ineffective, and a destructive law enforcement method, and it hurts us all.

I don't think it is very smart at all to profile individuals based on their race.

There is a reason why the Navajo Nation has decided not to allow any more exploration in mining on the Navajo Reservation, because they have found it to create health hazards as well as contamination problems.

We could use the spent nuclear fuel and that technology, the integral fast reactor pyroprocessing, also could use the material that does not make it into the existing fuel cycle.

These were private mines that were operated during that period of time in the fifties and that the operators abandoned the mines.

The proposed action of withdrawal is not yet complete.

Thank you, Mr. Chair.