We have had a nomination of Lou DeBaca, Esq., to be Ambassador at Large for Human Trafficking in the State Department.

the truth of the matter is, we don't have an anti--the second panel is coming up, so we will have Professor Harris here.

Means tests indiscriminately blocking debtors from relief without successfully weeding out abuse.

Now Hispanic Americans are even more frequently being targeted.

One of the things that we are going to look at is credit card practices that have pushed people to the brink of bankruptcy, aggressive marketing to financially vulnerable borrowers.

Clearly--well, I won't say clearly, but I think there is pretty unanimous agreement that individuals who have been convicted of a serious crime and who are not U.S. citizens should be deported, apprehended and deported, as provided for in…

I hate to say this in this day and age, but immigrant bashing is a pretty popular sport, unfortunately, in some areas.

But I think what there is disagreement about is having noted that we all agree--or I think all of us do agree on that--whether it is appropriate to round up everybody in sight because of their race, which it sounds like is happening in…

In a true spirit of bipartisanship, I would like to remind the Committee that President George W. Bush, in his first Inaugural Address, spoke very strongly against racial profiling as an unsatisfactory police technique.

Over-aggressive marketing, exorbitant penalty fees and interest rates, that is a scandal in itself.

Increased filing fees that put bankruptcies out of reach for the very people that might need it.

I want to commend all of our leaders that have pulled together a new bill that makes more sense.

He got a little too close to Wall Street for my two cents, but Wall Street was his district.

this is a critical test of what the Congress believes, in terms of helping out these first responders and people who, through no fault of their own, have been put in this incredible health situation.

It is important and a delicate matter.

What I am suggesting is that we not have 49 other hearings, but that we----

I think it would help those who are in this part of the practice of law in all the other states as well.

I have been favorably impacting on Judge Gohmert during the course of our careers here on the Judiciary Committee.

The right of a criminal defendant to legal counsel is one of the hallmarks of our Constitution.

States are struggling to meet this constitutional mandate.

There are those that have certain opinions, for example, about the death penalty.

If it is not fair, I don't think anybody objectively knowing that it is not fair...

Lack of proper funding for indigent defense systems has created a crisis.

I do believe, when you take a look at the Byrne Grant and you took a look at the Justice Assistance Grant...

I wanted to compliment Attorney Luna for his opposition to mandatory minimum sentencing which is in his statement.