Rare wood products, such as guitars that were purchased prior to May 22, 2008, should be grandfathered so that musicians do not have to fear owning them.

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

Let's streamline the importation of legal goods.

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

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

Our legislation tries to correct several mistakes that we think Congress made in 2008 when it passed the latest amendments to the century-old Lacey Act.

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

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

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 urge my colleagues to support Congressman Broun and me in our efforts to pass the FOCUS Act.

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…

I do not necessarily agree that man made global warming. I do not believe we are running out of the resources God gave us in this country.

Family farmers in my rural district should not be forced to pay higher electricity bills so people in downtown Seattle can plug in expensive electric vehicles just because Secretary Chu says so.

The Department's orders would essentially dismantle the federal hydropower system as it exists today and jeopardize the cost-based structure which has been the cornerstone of affordable electricity in South Dakota markets.

Americans wallets are already being stretched thin as they struggle to make ends meet in this difficult economy.

It is irresponsible and could lead to unnecessary strain for small businesses.

Okay, but will this be published with the RoC, or is it going to be an interagency or within the agency as a--just a process of looking at potential substances?

So we are going to outlaw working at night, I guess, if somebody takes that tact.

But at the same time, our government must recognize the adverse consequences of requiring businesses to call a substance a human carcinogen without definitive evidence.

I stand ready to work with you to shape such a hearing at your earliest convenience.

The issues are too important to treat in such an imbalanced way.

Both of us as Chairs are really interested not only in this process but also in protecting my patients and her patients also.

This is about the process, not about the evaluation of any specific substance.