Steve King

I like the phrase 'counterfeit economy.' They have a substantial counterfeit economy.

It advantages the large operations that have the administrative network and the skillsets and disadvantages the small.

You said that our patent system protection is less than it was 10 years ago, and I agree.

I think we can have a continuing conversation on how to get this government right and hold Congress accountable so that you are not burdened by overregulation.

There would not be any regulatory authority for the Executive branch if Congress did not authorize them to have the authority to do so.

Congress has delegated this responsibility to the Executive branch of government, I think in part, knowing politics like I do, because they did not want to face the minutia of burden that comes down on that.

I think it is essential that this committee understand those facts surrounding that.

Our hearing today will allow Members of Congress and the general public to examine the constitutional options...

I think that your generation, the youngest among you anyway, has lost something that used to be.

I talk to bankers consistently, and they say: I can't give those kinds of loans anymore because I am too tied down by too much heavy regulation.

I believe one of them is the ACA because we have unaffordable healthcare.

I would say that to anybody out there is that don't grow to anticipated demand, but grow to that demand that exists so that you are satisfying your customers.

You have to find--you have to have the instinct and the intuition to find a way to penetrate in, get your start.

So when I listen to the difficulty in reaching financing, Ms. Dougert, and one-third of one-third is one out of nine.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I urge the adoption of my amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. King). The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the…

May I inquire as to how much time is remaining on each side? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Iowa has 2 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Oregon has 3 minutes remaining.

I have an amendment at the desk made in order by the rule. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of title V of the bill, add the following: SEC. __. PREVAILING RATE OF…

I have got to have it.

Your ancestors fled the island when the dictatorship turned Cuba into a prison camp. After removing all weapons from its citizens, hence, their right to self-defense.

In 2012, I cosponsored a bill with former Representative Barney Frank to correct this issue

It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read or so incoherent that they could not be understood.

If I were to ask them, they would probably say, we are facing the same regulations but not the same tax rate.

I grew up in a law-enforcement family, and I watched as every level of law enforcement reached out and helped each other.

80 to 90 percent of the illegal drugs consumed in America come from or through Mexico.