Zoe Lofgren

When I look at the book registry proposal it is like ASCAP and BMI for books, except it is not exclusive.

I just think--I know we have votes--but this is a major step forward for literacy and for the culture.

We worked so hard to try and come up with a solution. And we failed. We failed.

I remember back a number of years ago trying to get ahead of this program legislatively, and we just utterly failed.

In some parts of America, you can't do that. It is feed the kids, or donate; and the kids are going to get fed first.

I think it would be good for the country.

I really think in many ways what has happened in California is more of a political problem than an economic problem.

I think it is a smart approach and addresses a necessary topic.

This system would be cheap at the price for the taxpayers, if it came to that.

I think what we want to do is to help enfranchise people.

We want to make sure that if there are Americans who are being disenfranchised, that that doesn't happen.

it is not bad motives. It is good motives, but it ends up in a place where we are today that is dysfunctional in many ways.

We saw record number of foreclosures in June, nearly 300,000 according to the figures I have seen.

The voluntary program is not working.

This mismatch means real trauma for individuals, but it also means a disaster for the American economy.

Two years ago, I and a bipartisan group of Members went to Mexico City and we met with the Mexican attorney general and some of their law enforcement people, and they expressed extreme concern over what the United States was not doing in…

It is good news that you have continued your march forward with technology, but the march forward with technology also raises questions.

I just wanted to note that we have been joined here by one of the authors of the bill, Carolyn Maloney.

I would just take 30 seconds to thank this panel. Mr. Wood, your description actually brought me back to that scene so vividly.

I was supportive of this bill when I walked in. I now am more than supportive.

The public sector should invest more in nonpartisan voter education and engagement efforts.

It is clear that the military personnel serving overseas has the largest disadvantage when attempting to participate in our electoral process.

Political parties and policymakers should examine the impact the 2008 accelerated primary season on voter turnout.

Restrictive voter ID requirements impose significant burdens on certain voters.

I think the idea that a tribal ID is not given the stature it should.