Robert Aderholt

I believe the Founding Fathers wisely included the Second Amendment in the Bill of Rights, and this fundamental freedom protects the right of gun owners and in turn restrains the presence of criminal activity and tyranny.

Just as NICS needs to have the appropriate disqualifying records, it also is important for NICS not to contain inaccurate records or records that are prohibiting.

If enacted or something of this nature were enacted, how would the FBI square the requirements of that amendment with the constitutional guarantee of due process of law?

Even my home state has taken this extremely seriously in passing legislation to increase the penalties of human trafficking, and our law enforcement are actively engaged.

The states have a duty to maintain that process and to protect all of our right to vote when we go to the polls.

Of course, we have talked about the Civil Rights Division, of course it is charged with overseeing the U.S. voting rights laws.

This Division of the Department of Justice has the solemn responsibility... of ensuring that civil and constitutional rights of all Americans... are upheld.

Well, talking about the backlog, you said 850,000, I believe we talked about 840, 850,000 pending cases, and you talked a little bit about in your opening remarks about the hurdles, but can you again talk about what you think are the…

The bottom line is the net effect of this untenable backlog situation is to delay justice, in many cases for years.

The adjudication and the appeals of immigration matters are central to the proper administration of justice in this country.

As a result of climate change, what does science predict--and this will be for either or both of you--increased rates of precipitation or decreased rates of precipitation?

There is a tendency among the general public in the climate debate to cite shorter-scale weather events as evidence for and against climate change.

Get it done. It is time. It is past time.

And it seems to me that the launch service procurement competition and the launch service agreements process of down-selecting to two providers needs to continue on schedule in order to secure the early work, which is part of the--each…

At this time I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Mitchell), who serves on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and also the Armed Services Committee.

At this time I yield such time as she may consume to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Granger), the new ranking member of the Appropriations Committee.

There have been discussions about whether this line item or that line item might be something to rescind or not. To them, I would point out that we are in the middle of an appropriations process. We can work on these issues and we can…

The budget also proposes to increase the population eligibility for water and water--and waste programs from 10,000 to 20,000.

But we have never had a holistic strategic plan, and that is what we are trying to lead the effort.

I do want to give you credit for thinking outside the box, no pun intended--well, maybe it was intended.

Our primary goal for this hearing is to examine the Department of Agriculture's fiscal year 2019 budget while also reviewing the use of funds past and present.

Yes. And certainly when you have duplicate programs I think any of us need--want to be aware of when those are the case.

Will this be the first census taken with smartphones that have been on the grounds or was that----

I mentioned that the Cole-Bishop legislation finds common ground by helping people quit smoking.

I appreciate my colleagues for taking time to be here, of course, and certainly our ranking member, Mr. Bishop.