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I think you would agree, has suffered significant reputational damage due to its officers, its agents, engaging in misconduct and their overzealous use of some really heavy-handed tactics.

Former Attorney General Ed Meese and I have urged Congress to adopt a mistake of law defense...

They said that essentially that it is not only unknown, but it is unknowable.

It will be of little avail to the American people if their laws are written by those of their own choosing, if those laws are so voluminous and complex if they can't reasonably be read and understood.

I appreciated what you said earlier about the overcriminalization issue and noting that although that is not the precise focus of this hearing, it is closely related to the overcriminalization problem.

So it should not be the presumption that when somebody has done something wrong that the only solution, every time, is always just do criminal action.

Given that profile of activity why are armed BLM law enforcement agents wearing flak jackets, no less, executing search warrants in the private homes of artifact collectors?

We recognize the sheriff as the supreme law enforcement official in the counties they serve in.

We are not talking about a slight difference there. That is a very significant difference.

We feel like we can do better as a state in managing our law enforcement affairs than the Federal Government.

Yet nothing in federal law precludes them from using local law enforcement and in some ways it encourages it.

I encourage my colleagues on this committee to support this critical legislation.

I am a strong supporter of the U.S.-Israeli alliance.

I want to thank Representative Ros-Lehtinen and Representative Deutch for their leadership in introducing this bill.

It remains imperative that the U.S. does its part to help our ally Israel protect itself from all threats.

As the Foreign Affairs Committee moves six bills forward with bipartisan support today, I want to speak specifically about H.R. 5141.

Thank you for helping me understand that as well as treating them equally with things like email addresses.

If we want them to be independent, if we want them to carry their weight in society, we have to pay a fair wage.