"The nation needs, now as much as at any time in our history, an FBI that is capable of a multifaceted mission."
"Chairman Goodlatte, I thank you and the Ranking Member for putting this together. And its importance has already been stated by both of you. I agree completely."
"Earlier this week, I began developing something that is related. And it is called the zero percent unemployment goal of this country, another very far-reaching attempt to come about full employment at..."
"It seems to me, at first blush for this discussion, that the cost outweigh the benefits, and that we need more safeguards."
"African-American and Hispanics are already overrepresented in the national DNA index system, because they are disproportionately arrested and convicted."
"We need to closely examine the individual, familial, and societal costs and harms."
"This may be an idea that we will have to examine far more carefully than merely one case."
"The title of H.R. 4377, namely, the 'Responsibly and Professionally Invigorating Development Act of 2012,' or 'RAPID Act,' unfortunately is misleading."
"this legislation will actually result in increasing, not expediting this process."
"this bill is yet another effort by my friends on the other side of the aisle to undermine regulatory protections."
"H.R. 4377 is a thinly disguised effort to hobble the ability of federal agencies to be able to do the work that we in Congress have assigned them to do."
"Now, I want everybody to know, because I want to put most of my statement in the record, that two bills have been introduced that would nullify the Department of Justice's regulation regarding access ..."