That seems like a real problem.

It creates incentives for States, because they want to compete with each other.

It can be very--okay.

I would like to thank all of our witnesses today for their important testimony this morning.

The conflict between the interest of safety to children and voters is a conflict that should not be allowed to exist.

Thank you very, very much for your work.

the purpose of this bill is to simply make sure that we have adequate disclosure to know that money is coming from

Certainly when McCain-Feingold was debated, virtually everyone on both sides of the aisle was in favor of transparency.

The hearing record will remain open for five business days for additional statements and post-hearing questions submitted in writing.

I think that is what creates that confusion.

I used to administer--prosecute the cases for eight years of any voting issues that came out of our county in Minnesota.

I have a bill, the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Act, which would authorize Federal funding for veteran treatment courts.

I have a bipartisan bill with Senator Dean Heller of Nevada that would force the Government to give the American people a good idea of how many of them have had their information collected.

This is a real crisis. I wrote the President about it over the weekend urging him to take immediate action.

I think this is a step forward for transparency, and I want to thank you for your work on this.

It would help gain trust.

I want to keep a lot of people to understand that these are essential in these clean energy technologies and that's why I'm proud to be a sponsor of the Chairman and Ranking Member's bill.

We are very much in favor, at least some of us, of simplification of rules and regulations and trying to get actual outcomes and not just be caught up in paperwork.