Why don't they go to jail?

If there was no profit, if they were not able to launder this money, perhaps we wouldn't have drugs on the street.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the war on drugs, a critical time to shine a spotlight on 40 years of failed policy.

I have worked on something called mandatory minimum sentencing for the last 20 years.

But you have not sent anybody to jail.

I conveyed many of these concerns in a letter I sent to Chairman Hensarling on April 23rd requesting that he reconsider his position.

I want to thank Representative Waters and Sensenbrenner for their sponsorship of the Private Property Rights Protection Act and for their support of property owners and tenants nationwide.

But Congress has so far refused to join the rest of the Nation in Kelo backlash and continues to fund eminent domain abuse.

Congress must stop funding this abuse of power. Our Federal tax dollars shouldn't be used to take away our homes and businesses so that developers can build shopping malls and high-priced condominiums.

This is a very important hearing and I look forward to hearing more from our witnesses about today's bills before the committee.

I think there is consensus that the over-the-counter derivatives market proved to be a tremendous source of systemic risk during the last crisis.