I think this is unsustainable, and I think that the entire Committee is motivated to try to do something about this.

Let us be honest. This is going to really help creditors. It is a better deal for labor.

We should recall that both parties to this merger bear a high burden in demonstrating that further consolidation in the airline industry is warranted.

the main purpose of antitrust law is to ensure that business does not behave in ways that injures markets, and, ultimately, consumers.

This is one big challenge that I don't think we can handle on a piecemeal basis.

Are there any of you that still have reservations about a path to citizenship that is firm and fair?

I could summarize what I think we are going to be addressing in three phrases: one, comprehensive; two, a path to citizenship; and three, border security more than ever.

We may not have settled much, but that is the way these things start out, isn't it?

I think that there must be an earned legalization process that is fair, but firm, and that is not--that is not subject to a lot of manipulation.

I have just a little bit of reluctance about having somebody here, an immigrant, permanently.

the fact of the matter is that this is one big challenge that I don't think we can handle on a piecemeal basis.

I am very quick to thank the former chairman of the Subcommittee on Crime, Bobby Scott of Virginia, and of course Mr. Trey Gowdy of South Carolina for his very great contribution to H.R. 2076, as amended, that the House originally passed…

I am pleased to recognize the ranking member of our Intellectual Property Subcommittee, Mel Watt of North Carolina. I yield him as much time as he may consume.

Members of the House, I rise in support, as well, of H.R. 6621 because it's a measure that improves the America Invents Act--the most significant reform to the Patent Act law since 1952--that was signed by President Obama last year. As…

I would like to let everyone know that the gentleman from North Carolina, who's worked on this and has pledged to continue to work on it, has my support for the new ideas. Well, they're not new. They're old ideas that just didn't get into…

Thank you, Ranking Member Scott. This is an unusual circumstance in which the Fourth Amendment, which protects individual privacy from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government, has hardly been mentioned. Another thing that is…

To our colleagues, this measure before us now, H.R. 6605, is a noncontroversial bill that makes a single technical correction to the U.S. Code. Under the Government Performance and Results Modernization Act of 2010, the Department of…

Ladies and gentlemen, H.R. 6620 is a commonsense bill that will ensure the continued safety of our Presidents after they leave the White House by extending the ability of the Secret Service to protect former Presidents; and I'm proud to…

We have no further requests for time, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Before I yield to the distinguished gentlelady from Texas, I would like to observe the great relationship that has been formed on Judiciary between myself and the distinguished gentleman from San Antonio, Texas. For 4 years he was the…

I yield such time as she may consume to the gentlelady from Texas, a senior member of Judiciary, Ms. Sheila Jackson Lee.

I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Connolly). {time} 1020

I am pleased to yield 30 seconds to the gentlelady from California (Ms. Zoe Lofgren).

No one's worked harder on this issue than Mr. Gutierrez, the gentleman from Illinois; and I am pleased to yield him 3 minutes.

I now yield 5 minutes to a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).