this debate came here because it has been shut down in the Rules Committee.

This is an amendment that addresses the issue of the organization that is known collectively as ACORN.

I have an obligation to defend them wherever I can.

I have a philosophical position that I have long held that we should guarantee equal opportunity for all, and special preference for none.

I am committed to no longer allowing any federal funds from getting into ACORN's coffers until such time as there is a completed investigation.

It is to my endeavor that they not receive it.

You certainly rank among the best we have seen.

The question becomes how much discretion?

It was an exemplary display of how a witness can come before this Committee fully informed, giving direct answers soundly based in legal analysis and theory.

There is a significant amount of disagreement and the clash that has just taken place between Mr. Cohen and Mr. Christie.

I would just seek to frame for this Committee that we have seen many of the members of the former Bush administration before this Committee during his tenure as President of the United States and then after.

Members of Congress instead just simply offer earmarks for their endowments.

It is easy to point fingers. It is easy to make allegations. It is much more difficult to make a cogent case against deferred prosecution agreements.

I really take the opportunity to thank all the witnesses and glad to have the chance to do so.

I think we should adhere to them, even up to the point of allowing a witness to leave when the agreement is that the witness be allowed to leave.

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