We need to bring back injunctions and restore the property rights that are enshrined in the Constitution again.

If you are stealing my intellectual property today, I might not be able to stop you because I can't get injunctive relief.

this absence of Congressional action since 1952 has allowed the courts to set policy on what can and cannot get a patent.

the Stronger Patent Act does just that. I think it is really important.

I thank the gentleman for leading this discussion about climate. What I really love about so many of our freshman Members, like Congressman Levin, is that they say how urgent the need is right now to act, a sense of urgency. I am on the…

Keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of dangerous people is a nonnegotiable priority for my constituents.

the Jobs Originating Through Launching Travel Act, is aptly named, as it is designed to give a jolt to the U.S. economy by improving inbound travel to the U.S. while simultaneously improving our national security.

Let me begin by saying I certainly and clearly disassociate myself from the remarks of the previous speaker. I absolutely, wholeheartedly disagree with him and do not concur with him. Mr. Speaker, in 1999, my son Huey became a victim of…

It is way past the time for the Department of Energy to work within these contracts so that these good old boys networks are not the only entities receiving these lucrative, government-backed contracts.

Simply put, we should do everything we can to expand and strengthen this successful program.

I will be leading an effort to try to restore funding for programs at the Department of Homeland Security that combat violent extremism in the United States that were cut a couple of years ago.

Tackling this issue are making our homes, our schools, and our business more energy efficient, will save money, put people back to work, and expand the American middle class.

There is currently legislation pending in the House and Senate that would strengthen our government's ability to defeat domestic terrorism.

I want to thank you all for joining us this morning for this important hearing entitled 'Building a 100 Percent Clean Energy Economy: Solutions for the U.S. Building Sector.'

opening statement

This hearing is part of a series that we will be holding in this subcommittee and in other subcommittees to highlight areas where we can achieve significant emissions reductions in order to achieve a 100 percent clean energy economy by…

You can't lead where you don't go.

It is far past time that our country starts taking the threat posed by White supremacist terrorism as seriously and as urgently as we have rightly taken the threat posed by terrorist groups based outside the United States.