Darrell Issa

This amendment reflects a simple principle. The government does not and should not have unchecked power to track American citizens. There are many very legitimate reasons to observe license plates using camera technology. Every day in…

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.

In closing, I respect the gentleman's opinion, but we are not legislating on this appropriations bill. What we are doing is determining that the relevant committees of jurisdiction have not authorized broad collection of data of 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, insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act…

At this time, Madam Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Farenthold).

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, insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act…

I have no further speakers. I urge passage, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. Issa). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment Offered by…

It has a chilling effect. It slows people down.

We, the people, voting public, all the rights in privileges and obligations that come with taxation and representation.

Every once in a while, we get an opportunity here to quote something and, in this case, I guess I will paraphrase.

The states have a right to tax their residents and they do it.

You've sent out countless subpoenas. You've caused banks to drop lawful businesses by the scores.

Operation Choke Point put companies out of business, took away their bank relationships.

I would be thrilled if you would come back to us.

You must do both, but certainly cannot fail to focus on those who prowl the Internet.

We found that they were not a white knight.

This calls into question the very system on which the FTC bases its section 5 authority.

I thank the chairman. Mr. Speaker, each person who comes up here will talk to you about the painstaking work that the chairman and the ranking member went through to craft a bill that would both strengthen our security, following on with…

I hope that today's hearing will not devolve into a discussion that simply blames ICANN for all of the things that have gone wrong in this transition.

the process being done by the companies that gain the rights appears to this Member to be nothing more than legalized extortion.

The United States has been a critical backstop against censorship and in promoting openness and free speech in the Internet once IANA's contract is surrendered.

ICANN is a California-registered non-profit. Now, non-profits, even though they pay their CEO millions of dollars, non-profits can only be non-profits if they, in fact, exist for a public benefit.

My question is that if we assume that ICANN exists for the public benefit... is there any reason cost-wise that these names would have to cost more than $10 a year?

Please don't say that this is legalized extortion.

If we assume for a moment that the charter of ICANN is or should be the interest of commerce--in other words, a fiduciary obligation to promote commerce, not to enrich themselves, or even enrich people who sell the names--then is there any…