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

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

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

We are looking at weeks, not months. I want to reemphasize the point that the chairman made, that we will go where the evidence takes us.

Perhaps the place to start at this hearing is not the question of whether patent trolls are fact or fiction, but rather the definitional question of what is a patent troll.

P2P networks represent as much of an opportunity as a threat to copyright creators. P2P represents an efficient method of information transfer, has the potential to greatly reduce the costs associated with server-based distribution…

if Members followed the Committee on the Judiciary proceedings, they already know that I strongly oppose impeachment

does the gentleman consider the U.N. supported, participated action in Desert Storm to be an action in which the U.S. Government spend billions of dollars in direct or indirect costs in support of a peacekeeping/peacemaking operation?

Desert Storm was a chapter 7 U.N. operation for peacemaking. It was covered by this. You can say it all you want that it is not covered, Desert Storm was not covered. I understand why you have to say it was not covered, because if Desert…

I cannot believe what I am hearing. I ask my colleagues to read the text of this amendment and understand what would have happened if this had been in effect 3 years ago. First, understand this. We can try and dissociate ourselves all we…

I rise in strong support of Beilenson- Berman-Condit-Thurman amendment. In 1986, the Federal Government recognized its responsibility to be financially accountable for illegal aliens convicted of felonies in State courts. Section 501 of…

I have a lot of differences with the so-called Kasich substitute. I commend the gentleman for putting together a comprehensive alternative, but I think it has many different faults. There are two that I think are particularly egregious and…