Melvin Watt: “I do not think every issue ought to be federalized, and we ought not preempt everything that goes on at the State level.”

A presumption of innocence is foundational to our society, as is due process.

For the record, I neglected to indicate in my comments that our colleague, the chair of the subcommittee, announced last week during the period that we were out on the Veterans Day district work period that he was not planning to run for…

I thank the gentleman for yielding time. Mr. Chairman, I want to rise not so much in opposition to the manager's amendment, but in opposition to the bill and so that we can try to make sure that people understand what it is that they are…

It is intolerable to me to think that a mere accusation of impropriety would somehow deny him the presumption of innocence.