Howard Berman

I would like to ask unanimous consent to yield 2 minutes of my remaining time to my chairman, the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Ros-Lehtinen). The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from California…

I would like to ask unanimous consent that 8 of those 22 minutes be yielded to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Burton), who is now controlling the time for the majority on the committee. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the…

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Smith), the ranking member of the Armed Services Committee.

I yield myself such time as I may consume. I just want to take a couple of minutes to talk about one point. That part of the majority party that is urging the same position I am on this resolution, which is a ``no'' vote, has made the…

May I inquire how much time is remaining on the time allotted to me? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from California has 22 minutes remaining.

I simply would very quickly make the case that the resolution should be voted against for several reasons. Initially, because it improperly invokes a provision of the War Powers Act that's inapplicable. This war was authorized by the U.S…

Even if one accepts the premise of my friend from California, Mr. Rohrabacher, it doesn't explain why we cut disaster assistance in H.R. 1.

Thank you very much, Madam Chairman. I do appreciate the opportunity to review the Fiscal Year 2012 budget request for USAID and MCC.

I think we are focused on trying to do something about it.

We also need to turn a spotlight to online advertisers that are hoping that effective mechanisms are put in place to ensure that some of America's best-known companies and brands are not unwittingly helping to make piracy profitable.

But if that legislation were really working, I don't think we would be having this hearing.

In investigations you follow the money, which is why many of us have invested time in trying to understand how those involved in the unlawful distribution of trademarked, copyrighted works are able to profit from their crimes.

As we evaluate new legislative tools, I have been wrestling with how to define the targets narrowly enough so that we can, on the one hand, rein in truly knowing infringers without leaving loopholes that provide a roadmap to criminals or…

The fight against these parasites or rogue sites is difficult, especially when many operate from servers and registrars located outside of the U.S. with the goal of selling pirated material into the U.S.

Today, a peaceful and permanent resolution of the North Korean nuclear issue remains as elusive as ever.

I am concerned that they really do believe they are a nuclear weapon state now.

I really appreciate this. I apologize to my colleagues who have been here.

Well, I don't know if they saw all of the light, but they are----

Any honest assessment of the United Nations would have to conclude that the organization... plays an important and often essential role in supporting U.S. foreign policy and national security interests.

Previous attempts to withhold dues simply haven't produced necessary reforms.

I am convinced from my conversations that if we play that withholding game, we will lose them in this effort.

I would like unanimous consent to present a letter into the record of this hearing from the Foreign Minister of Israel to the Secretary of State regarding the U.S. efforts in UNESCO to prevent the adoption of five anti-Israel resolutions.

We shouldn't be passing any treaty or anything that cedes our constitutional authority to anybody but especially the U.N.

They are a lot better than they were,----

The flaws, shortcomings, and outrages of the United Nations, both past and present, are numerous and sometimes flagrant.