John Conyers

I would like to yield to the distinguished gentleman from Virginia, Bobby Scott.

Then let me ask my colleague this question: Does it presently require a supermajority to raise the debt limit?

It is now my privilege to yield to Jesse Jackson, Jr., a distinguished Member from Chicago, Illinois, as much time as he may consume.

I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentlelady from Florida, Ms. Kathy Castor.

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentlelady from Oakland, California, Barbara Lee.

I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to another gentleman from North Carolina, David Price. (Mr. PRICE of North Carolina asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Steny Hoyer has been working in leadership for many years. He is now our distinguished whip, and I recognize him for 5 minutes.

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the indomitable gentlelady from Illinois, Jan Schakowsky.

I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from California, Judy Chu, a member of the Judiciary Committee.

I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from New Jersey, a distinguished leader in the Congress, Bill Pascrell.

I am pleased now to yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Virginia, Jim Moran.

Well, may I suggest that perhaps our responsibility as Federal legislators might be to determine the impact of this proposal on public safety before we pass it, not years later after we pass it. Would the gentleman concede that that might…

I see. Could I ask the gentleman why we wouldn't conduct the study in front of the bill rather than after the bill?

I merely wanted to ask our distinguished colleague from Washington if I understood correctly that the GAO would conduct a study about the ability of the State and local law enforcement to verify the validity of out-of-state concealment…

I claim the time in opposition. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Michigan is recognized for 5 minutes.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Your experience in your State legislature and your legal experience really have impressed me that your amendment, and we haven't talked about this today on H.R. 822, is extremely important. I hope my…

I thank the gentlelady for yielding. And I am in full support of the logical and rational approach that she is taking in supporting a database. I plead with my colleagues to join us in a bipartisan sense to support an amendment that would…

I thank the gentleman for his amendment. I rise in support of it and observe that last year, over 70 percent of Utah's concealed-carry permits were issued to nonresidents. I commend the gentleman.

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Holt).

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentlelady from Florida (Ms. Wasserman Schultz), a former member of the Judiciary Committee.

I am pleased to recognize the former chair of the Constitution Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee, Jerry Nadler of New York, for as much time as he may consume.

The notion that this bill threatens freedom of expression is unsupportable. It protects creators of free speech.

Do not walk, run. Tell Congress there is a better way. Threatens global Internet security. Kills cloud computers. An American job crushing monster.

To those who say that a bill to stop online theft will break the Internet, I would like to point out that it is not likely to happen.

Our studies have shown that upwards of one-quarter of all Internet traffic is copyright infringing.