Yesterday, the Department of Justice announced the arrest of a blogger who had called for judges in Chicago to be killed.

Under the facts as you've laid them out, Senator Durbin, that minister would not be liable under the provisions of this bill.

What about those who are harassed? For instance, homosexuals who are harassed by people who believe that their lifestyle is contrary to the Word of God?

I think you will share my view that this is unacceptable in Chicago or any place in America.

The record will remain open, Mr. Commissioner, until Wednesday, June 17, for subcommittee members to submit statements and questions to be submitted to you for consideration.

This disparity, sadly, I voted for. Many of us did, 20 years ago.

I know you have come out for ending this disparity, but I would like to ask you if we need to move with dispatch on this issue to restore justice and to restore confidence in our justice system among people in America who are presently the…

There are many aspects of it. Gang activity is clearly one of them; the proliferation of the sale of guns to these drug gangs by irresponsible gun dealers.

So the obvious question is: When can we expect to receive a copy of this report?

I would like to ask you about one issue that you are going to face and we have all faced in the Federal Government.

Okay. Well, let me try to work with you on that.

How do you stay in front of it on the technology?

As the lifeblood of the American economy, small businesses must be the main driver of our Nation's economic recovery.

Can you tell us, when we are so short on money and we do appropriate the money and nothing happens for 4 or 5 years, you can understand why that gives us a fair degree of angst.

Can I switch off courthouses for a very quick observation and question, Administrator Prouty?

Salt Lake City, off on the right, has been delayed for 9 years, and the estimated cost of construction has gone up from somewhere in the range of $50 million to over $200 million.

And Judge Bataillon, thank you for coming and giving us an insight into this constitutional clash that we have over the construction of courthouses.

We appropriated $300 million for the construction of a Federal courthouse in fiscal year 2005.

Thank you, Administrator Mills.

So that is about it for today, and the subcommittee is going to stand recessed.

It is unacceptable to be 30th out of 30.

And part of the problem, I believe, is that any further authorization from the House side for this project has pretty much been blocked.

The law was enacted in March, but a contract has yet to be awarded. It appears it is stalled once again.

At this point, we are going to recess the subcommittee and tell you that there will be some written questions coming your way.

The budget request for fiscal year 2010 for SBA is $779 million, which will provide funding for a wide array of programs.