Howard Berman

But I want to be honest, and I am I guess filled up to my cup or my cup runneth over with the conflict between the second amendment...

I am certainly grateful to the Administration for the appointment of the drug czar or the border czar...

Again, we have the issue of the right, which this bill seeks, to remove the exception for, and accord in this country that right which is recognized almost everywhere else in the world.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It was your reference to North Korea, China and Iran that brought me here--no.

My guess is, when radio stations have lost $5 billion, the payment for the musical compositions that go to the songwriters and composers goes down by a proportional number because there is a percentage of revenues.

First, I would like to particularly thank the Chairman for his commitment and his dedication to getting this bill passed.

I hear that you actually pay the sports teams for the right to broadcast the sports radio, and I hear that you pay the talk radio hosts for the talk radio show, but--that was rhetorical, not to be answered.

This is not after they have been paid; it is their take-home pay. So $5,000 is a significant amount.

When a nation's towns and villages are attacked, without provocation, by nearly 9,000 rockets over the span of 8 years, there could hardly be a more solid case for the use of force in self-defense. At least 700,000 Israelis--10 percent of…

What I urge the Members of this body to do is to focus on the purpose of this initiative. This is an initiative that is in America's deep national interest. The whole issue of illicit narcotics trade, the role of the corridor between…

I'm very proud to cosponsor this amendment with Mr. Skelton, the Chair of the committee, along with the Chair of the Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, Mrs. Lowey. Among the many lessons learned from the wars in Iraq and…

it's an honor to be part of the debate on a bill being managed by the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, who perhaps is one of the first Members of Congress to speak out and lead the effort against the old apartheid regime, going way…

American inventors, artists and businesses rely on intellectual property rights to protect the value of their creative works. These works, unfortunately, are being ripped off around the world. The rampant counterfeiting and piracy of U.S…

Mr. Speaker, in the 60 years since the founding of our ally Israel, the United States has had no greater friend in the Middle East. U.S.- Israeli friendship is based first and foremost on shared democratic values and our mutual pursuit of…

As Speaker Pelosi indicated in her own comments, the person that I think all of us in this Chamber miss very much in not being able to manage this resolution because of his own background and his own deep love and commitment for the State…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. First, I appreciate the compliments of my friend from Wisconsin. I prefer that the compliments be withheld and the motion to slash this bill by 40 percent be rejected, although I do appreciate the implication of his…

I am pleased and proud to be here today to commend not only Chairman Berman but the late Tom Lantos and Henry Hyde for their wisdom and their foresight in putting together this most important legislation. Ladies and gentlemen, I just…

Madam Chairman, on the President's request 5 years ago, Congress launched a global campaign to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS and to treat and care for those who are already afflicted. The United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS…

I support this amendment. I congratulate Representatives McCollum and Jackson for their leadership in adding these hard-hit nations to the focus country list. All three of these Southern African countries suffer from both high HIV/AIDS…

I just want to add a short history of the bipartisan work on this issue. For several years now, a bipartisan group of Members has been urging USCIS to find an administrative remedy for lengthy processing times experienced by arts…

When the state of Israel was founded in 1948, more than 150,000 Jews lived in Iraq. Iraq was truly a cradle of Jewish civilization, a site of Jewish learning from which one of Judaism's holiest books, the Talmud, emerged. For more than two…

Mr. Speaker, I want to first thank our colleague and friend from California, a valuable member of the Appropriations Committee, an individual who has always had a long-term interest in the issue of capacity building in our international…

I thank the Speaker. A great deal has been said about Tom Lantos this evening, wonderful, eloquent words that captured just the profound effect that he had on this institution. Many serve in this institution. Some leave a mark on their…

I would say that the genocide in Darfur is an ongoing crime. The House recognized it as such over 2 years ago, and there is no question that this crime continues today. We believe that ex post facto clearly would not apply in this…

The gentleman raises an important issue, and I do not agree with that hypothesis. I think the witness from the Department of Justice was offering a spontaneous and personal opinion, which he was careful to label as such, and not an…