Brian Bilbray

Can you imagine my constituents or my brother says to me, 'When I am a part of the United States, why is a foreign corporation confiscating my calls?'

Can you imagine what the response would be from the people in Boston or New York or Washington, DC, if they tried to make a phone call and someone in a foreign language, or in English, notifies them that France--you know, the Paris cell…

I don't know what part of the country you hail from.

I appreciate it, Mr. Chairman, and I appreciate the minority's consideration. With that, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. Bilbray). The…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), add the following new section: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by…

I think that we can gain a lot of credibility by being as tough on our fellow government agencies as we are on the private sector.

How much interrelationship, or communication do you have with the Interior Department about opening up public lands for mining of these rare earths?

I think it is time that we put the pressure on our mayors and our county supervisors, and our State officials, just like we put on our automobile manufacturers.

The Agency has a responsibility that you do not have the mentality of crucifying people that may not be too guilty, but you've got to make your point.

Mr. Bunker, I think you and everybody else that's required to enforce either a law or regulation understands that when the Legislature passes a law, there's always the assumption of discretionary enforcement.

But that is like saying that the people that are a victim of counterfeit isn't going to be prosecuted as counterfeiters when the fact is they're losing value down the line.

I'm concerned that there might be a mindset of let's crucify one guy on the front gate, and anybody who would try to buy these bogus things purposely will be scared to death.

No, I think Ms. Case would be the first one to say if you pick one company, you're going to be the--you're going to be left out, and some big guy is going to be in line for all the business.

From the consumer's point of view, the purchaser, right now when it comes to illegal employment, we put the burden on the employer to check with an old I-9 system that has been so fraudulent that everybody knows it's just a scam for…

The little guy who gets squeezed out by mistakes by big government.

There are changes need to be made, and reform is not a bad word in a lot of episodes.

I think here we need to learn from our successes and our failures.

Mr. Chairman, I think it's only fair to point out that there is so much that the industry can work with...

Government obstructionism is a major challenge to innovative technology.

It looks like we are more anti-business than we are pro-environment, and I think we need to change that.

I would say this, and I will say this to both sides of the aisle and the leadership here.

Thank you very much. I appreciate it, Mr. Chairman. Let's join together and pass the repeal of this destructive tax and move forward with good legislation that will provide affordable health care while providing job opportunities for our…

I think that the fact is people are starting to depend on this for more and more, and they want it consolidated.

I am going to interrupt a second. Because, Madam Chair and myself, we have districts that have suffered massive wildfires...