It's always my privilege and honor to address you here on the floor of the United States House of Representatives. Today, I come before you with a humble heart and an appreciation for a young American whom I believe this Congress needs to…

Reclaiming my time, Madam Chair, I would make the point if it's less than 1 percent of the population, it certainly is. It's far less than 1 percent of the population. We can find that many volunteers that will fill this out voluntarily…

Thank you, Madam Chair. In listening to the presentation by the gentlelady from Tennessee and the rebuttal by the gentleman from California, I'd make the point that it isn't only the Supreme Court that makes a decision on…

Thank you, Madam Chair. I rise in support of the Poe amendment, and I thank the gentleman from Texas for bringing it. Just to clarify some of the history, this is the questionnaire that apparently has replaced the need for what was the…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I just make a brief point that the executive branch has made a decision not to defend DOMA, which is the law of the land. So that's a discretion that apparently we would concede to the executive branch…

I want to finish my statement, but if I have time, I will yield to the gentleman from Colorado. States issue marriage licenses because they want to promote and encourage an activity and a behavior, not because they want to punish another…

Reclaiming my time, I recognize that. I think we get better information from volunteers than we do people that are coerced. They may well not fill out this survey accurately if they think they're doing so under penalty of law. I yield back…

Reclaiming my time, civilization is in jeopardy. It's in jeopardy when you have seven supreme court justices in the State of Iowa who declare that they have found rights in the Constitution that were up to this point ``unimagined.'' If you…

I would cite and ask unanimous consent to enter into the record a Newsweek article, dated May 14, 2012, entitled, 'Why Can't Obama Bring Wall Street to Justice.'

And this Congress is going far more toward looking at race and ethnicity of the victims of the crimes.

What are you finding in voter fraud? Do you anticipate prosecutions coming forward?

The appearance of conflict is dangerous to public confidence in the administration of justice as true conflict itself. Justice must not only be done; justice must also be seen to be done.

I guess maybe the Attorney General wasn't alarmed either that his vote might have been disenfranchised so easily.

We have a good bipartisan bill out before us with a lot of Democrat endorsement. I would like to see some more Republicans of that mindset.

I thought it was a pretty good utilization of human energy.

Energy production is vital for the nation's economic and national security.

There are many exciting developments in biofuel--wind, solar, and hydroelectric industries.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And I thank the witnesses for your testimony.

We look forward to following these advancements in the coming months.

I envision a country that enforces the law whenever we encounter people that are breaking it.

And so I would turn my---- Maybe I do have a couple other narratives quickly.

I think I am reclaiming my time that I didn't lose, and I will acknowledge the clarity that is in the memory of Mr. Nadler.

I am shocked that the Attorney General isn't shocked. I am shocked that the Attorney General hasn't offered a response to this in a meaningful way.

I remember the gentleman from New York, Mr. Nadler, say before this Committee that he thought it would be a good idea to investigate ACORN and walk that back some subsequent to that time.

I start to think about what would happen if everybody woke up tomorrow morning in a legal residence.