And, frankly, the fact that you would even entertain the possibility that we would put such people in jail in the United States, that we would imprison them in the United States shows that the gentleman may not well understand the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution and underscores my concern.
Grayson argues against the idea of imprisoning relatives of sanctioned Iranian officials.
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What we have here and the hundreds of millions of dollars if not billions of dollars that we are talking about is all based on the idea that CO2 is heating our planet.
But here's my point. You're not just doing this for the sake of advancing scientific knowledge; you're doing this so that we can actually sequester carbon on a large scale and reduce pollution, correct?
We really should be a little bit more circumspect about putting very aggressive provisions in our bills, in my opinion, that could very well lead to the unconstitutionality of bills.
The United States invests more than any other nation in research and development, yet when you put that investment in context as a percentage of our GNP, it becomes much less impressive.
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