Adam Schiff

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California will be postponed. Amendment No. 23 Offered by Mr. Cassidy

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California will be postponed. Amendment No. 24 Offered by Mr. Blumenauer The Acting CHAIR…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the appropriate place in subtitle E of title XII, insert the following: SEC. _. SUNSET OF AUTHORIZATION…

When Congress passed the AUMF shortly after 9/11, we did not intend to authorize a war without end.

I applaud the government--our government for its recent action to divert money away from the Ugandan Government and to NGOs.

Is there any kind of diplomatic avenue still open on Syria?

What are we doing at the U.N. to try to get out ahead of this, to be proactive on this?

I would much rather make that kind of investment than have to either have American boots on the ground or suffer the effect of total state failure and collapse.

It is particularly painful to see yet another Armenian community ethnically cleansed from its homes.

If you could let us know what can be done to help provide for them?

About 2 weeks ago, the town of Kassab, which is predominantly Armenian Christian, was attacked by al-Qaeda linked fighters.

While all of Syria's people have suffered, its minority populations and especially Syrian Christians are most at risk.

According to USAID figures, well more than 9 million people are now in need of humanitarian assistance in Syria due to the devastating civil war there.

And does that mean, as a practical matter, that if you are too close to release or too far away from release, you may not get the treatment that you need?

But is that criteria defined in such a way that there still inmates who have a need for it, want it, and can't get it either because they have language barriers or for other reasons don't meet the criteria?

I would encourage us to do it. I think it would be valuable for the federal system, as well as for the states to know if, in fact, this only makes the problem worse, in terms of discipline; otherwise, we are playing blind and maybe doing…

There is a large body of evidence suggesting that solitary confinement is profoundly and irreparably damaging to mental health.

I appreciate that this budget reflects a balanced and evidence-based take on criminal justice and on reforming the system to be smarter, fairer and cheaper.

Yes. The State district attorneys usually picked those up, but of course the State district attorneys have their own limitations on resources and they set their own priorities that we will go after certain cases and we will not be able to…

I think the plan the President announced a week or so is exactly the right direction to go in.

I know when you took office there was a tremendous backlog in offender DNA.

I wanted to follow up on my colleague Ms. Lowey's comments on the DNA rape-kit backlogs.

Thank you, Mr. Attorney General, for being here. Many of us greatly appreciate your willingness to come and your testimony.

Even though shutting down Megaupload did not stop all piracy, it was successful in making piracy sufficiently less reliable, less easy to use, and less convenient than it was before.

I want to second what Mr. Honda said, of a great interest in DNA and trying to accelerate the opportunity, use rapid DNA.