there is no evidence, as far as you know, that any single one of those individuals, more than 2,000, who was released has engaged in criminal activity subsequent to that release

I share their concern, as I think all of my colleagues do, with making sure that unnecessary or unjustified litigation doesn't stifle innovation and entrepreneurship.

I was hesitant at the very beginning of this hearing to use the word patent trolls, thinking that perhaps it was an unnecessarily aggressive expression.

Mr. Speaker, it is my honor and my privilege to stand here today as a member of the Congressional Black Caucus to participate one more time as an anchor for the CBC Special Order today on the subject of the impact of sequestration on the…

Madam Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 8 o'clock and 28 minutes p.m.), under its previous order, the House adjourned until tomorrow, Tuesday, March 5, 2013, at 10 a.m. for…

Madam Speaker, I represent the Eighth Congressional District in New York. It was one of the districts that was hardest hit by Superstorm Sandy that struck on October 29. The people of the Eighth Congressional District--neighborhoods like…

Thank you, Congressman Horsford. I think what is important, as it relates to the moment we find ourselves in right now in America, is that there are some who make the argument that the reason why the sequestration cuts perhaps were…

Thank you, Congressman Davis, for your leadership and for your eloquence in laying out, in a very clear, concise, and articulate fashion, the problems with sequestration that we are forced now to confront here in America as a result of the…

Congresswoman Christensen, thank you very much. I think it's important to emphasize a point that you just made as it relates to what we should be doing to jump-start the economy. We should be investing in the American economy, attempting…

Thank you, Congresswoman Lee. The economic recovery, as you pointed out, is still in an extremely fragile state. Many of those most vulnerable Americans who were adversely impacted by the recession still have not been made whole in any…

Thank you, Congresswoman Fudge. I now yield to the Congresswoman from the Golden State, Congresswoman Barbara Lee from California.