Judy Chu

Protecting our civil rights is essential.

There are many, many jobs that are related to the entertainment industry; and, of course, Paramount Studios are headquartered in Los Angeles County.

The effects of the foreclosure crisis and economic downturn have had a devastating impact on American families. Because of shoddy business practices and enormous risks taken by big banks, our housing and financial systems have utterly…

Governmental efforts to deal with the problem of 'homegrown terrorism' have raised serious civil liberties concerns in the past.

The decision to hold a hearing that questions the patriotism and decency of the entire American Muslim community smacks of McCarthyism, intolerance, and prejudice.

It is critically important that the articulation of the problem does not cause people merely exercising their First Amendment rights to fear being swept into the net of suspicion.

Of course as you know this, the Senate Bill 23 does put in the first-to-file system so that we can harmonize with the rest of the world.

The criminal law also permits roving wiretaps, as it should, but it also includes a critical protection...

Some business groups have also voiced some fear that their intellectual property will be stolen if they sell a product overseas.

So be it. That's what Republicans are saying to 700,000 American workers who will be needless casualties of their gutting and slashing funding bill. So be it. That's the Republican attitude to a government shutdown if they don't force more…

I know that the U.S. Government, through your work and the work of the USTR and the work of other agencies, is doing much to press our trading partners to respect intellectual property rights.

Can you imagine during a recession residents agreed to tax themselves more?

Clearly we here in L.A. recognize the need for better, more efficient transportation in the county's largest area.

Thirty thousand. That's how many people were violently slaughtered by the Mexican drug cartels in just 4 short years. One of them was Bobby Salcedo, an American citizen and rising star from my district. He was kidnapped and murdered last…

For Ms. Caproni and Mr. Marshall, today you have described difficulties in gaining assistance from companies in complying with lawful wiretap orders under 18 U.S.C. 2518.

This Saturday, Japanese Americans will take a moment to remember the tragic events that imprisoned their community 69 years ago. In 1942, President Roosevelt signed one of the strongest acts against American citizens, Executive Order 9066…

I do come from California, which was, indeed, the first State to establish the sex offender registry, back in 1947.

The Internet is now the leading tool for speech and action.

the cost for implementation of the Adam Walsh Act would be $21 million to probation for conducting presentencing record checks, $10 million for local law enforcement agencies to conform with changes in frequency of registration…

So $32 million we would lose; $2 million we would gain. What is the point to this?

the California Sex Offender Management Board has recommended that California not come into compliance with the Adam Walsh Act.

This amounts to $32 million, and that doesn't even calculate the cost of an additional incarceration.

So far the Republican majority hasn't created a single job. In fact, they haven't even put a jobs bill on the House floor. Instead, they are focusing on partisan priorities that just don't help the country come out of this recession…

Well, I believe that we in Congress have to be focused on jobs, jobs, jobs.

One of the difficulties for implementing these 1099 rules is the fact that the IRS is exempting credit card reporting.