We spend huge amounts of resources, and the rate of illegal drug activity continues at about the same pace.

I appreciate your announcing that there will be continued hearings about DEA and its role.

With six Members here, and probably more to come, under the 5-minute rule, there is no way she can ever get to any kind of a cogent response to the issues that were raised, some of which are very serious.

This is a very important hearing, and there are new services being offered online and through smartphones and other devices that largely depend on the continued gathering and use of personal information which is ultimately turned into a…

I want to thank you for your patience and diligence.

I think that the previous questioning was the first note of hostility and interruption of the witness...

I will be going over his statements and help him arrive at a more factual and impartial conclusion.

I think we repealed the assault weapon ban, and that has led to a proliferation of weapons that I think we need to take another look at here in our Legislature.

The Department has aggressively enforced section 5, which ensures that States with a history of discrimination can't create additional barriers to minority access to the ballot box.

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of title III, add the following new section: SEC. 306. REPORT ON CONSEQUENCES OF MILITARY STRIKE…

I want to thank the ranking member and the chairman of the Intelligence Committee for their concern about this phase of intelligence, and I hope to enjoy their support and the support of the committee as a whole in having this amendment…

It has proved to be the ultimate form of forum shopping for the defendants.

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman and Members, I rise in support of this amendment with my colleagues Mr. Ellison of Minnesota and Ms. Lee of California. Our amendment would require the Director of National…

The Class Action Fairness Act was seriously misnamed. It is anything but that.

The Class Action Fairness Act undermines State laws and State courts.

I look forward to additional hearings on this topic, and I thank you both.

This practice is explicitly prohibited by law--but with so much about these programs conducted in secret, we have no way of knowing for sure whether the government conducts itself lawfully.

That answer is not satisfactory, and the public deserves better.

I would just like to remind my colleagues that from the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, we have this warning: We oppose this bill because it does not in any way adjust discrimination on the basis of sex or race. Rather, it…

I am pleased now to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia, Hank Johnson, a distinguished member of the House Judiciary Committee.

I am pleased now to yield as much time as he may consume to the ranking member of the Constitution Subcommittee, the distinguished gentleman from New York, Jerry Nadler.

The Fourth Amendment is critical. And I do not think that the Supreme Court--the courts have not finally ruled on what is going on.

After all, we want to improve the laws. I know you are very generous in your compliments about the Congress acting on this originally. But for goodness sake, just to okay it again because we did it before--couldn't we improve it a little…

The government assures us that this problem, although widespread, was an accident and has been corrected.

I want to begin by thanking both Chairman Smith and Chairman Sensenbrenner for scheduling this hearing in such a timely manner.