I am pleased now to yield 5 minutes to the ranking member of the Immigration Subcommittee, who represents the place where many of these techs come from, Silicon Valley, Ms. Zoe Lofgren.

We're prepared to close on this side, if the gentleman on the other side is ready.

I am pleased to yield our remaining time to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Gutierrez).

I yield 3 minutes to a member of the Judiciary Committee, the distinguished gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Johnson).

I'm pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from New York, who's worked on this issue, Congressman Jose Serrano.

I'm pleased to yield 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lofgren).

Here we have the leading supporter of this bill, a publicly traded company valued at $1.4 billion at the end of last month, essentially urging that we consider a measure that would cut royalties and deprive artists of the fair market value…

I am still trying to determine why artists and performers, whose music is played 24 hours a day on terrestrial radio, don't get a dime.

This isn't the first time I've persuaded the Committee to redraft the title.

I am concerned that H.R. 6480, the 'Internet Radio Fairness Act,' may not actually improve the current system and that it could result in artists receiving less compensation.

A more appropriate title might be the Paycheck Reduction Act, because what we're doing here is lowering the royalties that Internet webcasters would pay to artists by more than 85 percent.

What's the basic issue that brings us here today? Well, it's the fairness issue in terms of people being rewarded for their skill and talent, musicians and singers across all musical genres.

I'm pleased to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the very patient Member from Texas (Mr. Hinojosa).

I would like to gain the previous speaker's attention. The House, of which you are a Member, passed the DREAM Act 216-208, and we enjoyed the support of eight Republican Members. Mr. Speaker, I now yield 1\1/2\ minutes to a senior member…

I am pleased now to yield 2 minutes to the former chairman of the Education and Labor Committee, the distinguished gentleman from California, George Miller.

I am pleased to yield 1 minute to Judy Chu, an active member of the Judiciary Committee who, additionally, heads the Asian Pacific Caucus.

I would now proudly yield 3 minutes to our distinguished whip, the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer).

It is with great pleasure that I thank the gentlelady from California (Ms. Lofgren) and yield her such time as she may consume.

No one respects the gentleman from South Carolina more than I do, but I should advise him that it is incorrect to say that members of the Intelligence Committee didn't support my amendment to shorten the sunset period. I have the names of…

On our side, I would begin our discussion by yielding 3 minutes to the distinguished senior member of Judiciary, ranking member of Immigration, the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lofgren).

I'm pleased to yield 3 minutes to my good friend from Ohio, Dennis Kucinich.

I yield myself 10 more seconds. Now, we don't know if he meant that he didn't want to tell us that he knew or that he honestly didn't know. Either response or explanation is inadequate. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the…

the use of such an incendiary term without having any conclusion or hearings or evidence that lead to this conclusion 'abuse of power' is one that should not be taken lightly

the title for today's hearing it is unnecessarily open ended and provocative

not every difference that I have with them in policy preference is evidence of an abuse of Executive power