Steve Lynch: “There is a relevant case law, and, Mr. Herring, I would say that there is constitutional language that would prohibit…”

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding time. Mr. Chairman, I have been a Member of Congress for over 20 years, and I have to say that while this may not be the worst, it is in the top three in terms of the worst bills that I have seen…

I am embarrassed as a member of this committee that this is the first comprehensive review we have done.

I just want to, you know, put a stake in the ground, put a flag in the ground on that for you to take a good hard look at that.

When you compare the old films of the Gestapo grabbing people off the streets of Poland, and you compare them to those nondescript thugs… it does look like a Gestapo operation.