Paul Broun

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle C of title V, add the following new section: SEC. 5__. ELIMINATION OF MAXIMUM AGE…

I apologize for any hurt feelings that anyone has because I certainly wasn't meaning to try to hurt anybody's feelings.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title) insert the following: Sec. ___. None of the funds made available by this Act…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. Each amount appropriated or…

I appreciate the gentleman's comments. Certainly, the Navy SEALs are important, and so are the dolphins. What this is going to do is just cut expenses and salaries of the Commission itself. So it doesn't reduce the funding of the dolphin…

They study marine mammals. I think probably you're correct on that, but I'm not certain.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 76, line 8, insert ``(reduced by $181,500)'' after the dollar amount. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 15, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $15,000,000)''. Page 101, line 10, after the dollar amount…

I want to remind my good friends on the other side, those who oppose this, that if my amendment is passed, the FBI still gets a 6 percent increase in what their funding is over today. So they still not only continue their funding but have…

I think where the disagreement would arise is between something that Mr. Miller said in his opening statement about going to totally renewable resources and that process of trying to get away from fossil fuels, which my Democratic…

Adopting standards that don't save taxpayer money or tell American workers that the products that they make are not welcome in federal buildings defies common sense.

Adopting standards for federal buildings that truly save the taxpayers money and put Americans back to work is a good idea.

Shouldn't we instead be focusing on saving taxpayer dollars rather than social engineering?

I believe that all cost energy use in producing the products needs to be part of the process of evaluation.

Both the FOCUS Act and the RELIEF Act should play an important role in the Lacey reform process.

I agree that people who knowingly violate the law should be punished, but people who follow the rules... should not find themselves in a Kafkaesque situation.

I don't think Congress intended to make antique mahogany desks or vintage guitars illegal contraband when the recent amendments were passed.

I strongly recommend that consumers are given the opportunity to challenge procedures and forfeitures before an impartial judge.

The Lacey Act has become the poster child for how the federal government abuses broad, sweeping criminalization.

The company deserves better treatment from the Federal Government.

I greatly appreciate Senator Rand Paul, my dear friend, for being a leader on this issue in his bill, which is a companion bill.

I greatly appreciate your holding a hearing on this important issue, and my bill, H.R. 4171, the Freedom From Overcriminalization and Unjust Seizures Act or FOCUS Act of 2012.

I believe that passage of the FOCUS Act would go a long way toward correcting many of the abuses that have occurred.

I do not believe that Members of Congress intended to delegate our constitutional power to foreign governments.

We can help these innocent people without harming the worthy environmental goals of the Lacey Act.