I honor their service, and I hope this hearing can help provide them with the resources and support they need to do their jobs in the safest and most effective way possible.

We depend on them to protect our families, our homes and our forests, and they dedicate their time, and sometimes their lives, to that calling.

In the short time that I speak here today, thousands of gallons of oil will burst out of a broken well in the floor of the Gulf of Mexico. That oil will add to a catastrophic spill that is now spreading across a widening swath of ocean…

DNA is perhaps the most powerful and most reliable tool at the disposal of criminal investigators today. As a former Federal prosecutor during the early days of the DNA revolution, I have seen firsthand the power of DNA to prove the guilt…

Each May we honor Asian Pacific Americans and celebrate the extraordinary contributions they make to enhance our communities and our Nation. Since the first Japanese immigrants arrived in the United States on May 7, 1843, generations of…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 24. The proud history of the United States Marine Corps began with the founding of the Continental Marines in 1775 to conduct ship-to-ship fighting, provide ship security and discipline…

The suggestion in terms of the FBI database and how they report and track is worth pursuing.

Mr. Speaker, today we again find ourselves in the regrettable circumstance where we must act to remove a Federal judge from the bench. The task before us is not one that we would welcome, however it is an important responsibility entrusted…

I rise in support of the intelligence authorization bill. As a member of the committee, I am confident it provides our intelligence community with the tools it needs to keep our country safe. There are two aspects of the bill that I would…

I appreciate the seriousness and thoughtfulness you have brought to this task.

State spending on corrections accounts for over $10 billion annually, almost 10 percent of the general fund, greater than average for the nation.

A recent Pew study shows that one in thirty-one adults is currently under correctional control, up from one in seventy-seven back in 1982.

The quicker those samples can be uploaded into CODIS the quicker we can take some dangerous people off the street.

On the broader issue of guns going down to Mexico from the United States...

Please let us know if they need the resources to do it or they need the encouragement to do it.

I will be real quick, and then we are going to have to run.

Despite these increasing corrections expenditures recidivism rates remain very high.

I can't imagine a more difficult time to be Attorney General.

I think that is a very legitimate inquiry that we should engage in.

Do you know, Mr. Attorney General, if you don't I would love it if you could follow up though, are you on track to eliminate the backlog by the summer of this year?

I think, you know, they are going to be principally interested in what is the FBI's view on this

I would love to see if we could work on an international effort to harmonize, you know, what part of the DNA strand we look at to compare.

I do not consider it a cheap shot to say that there is inconsistency with people who advocate for states' rights when it is convenient and do not when it is not convenient.

I want to put one last coat on the private funds, state funds, issue.

I appreciate your work and your testimony.