This bill allows the use of eminent domain to give property to a private party.

Historically, eminent domain has been abused and has destroyed communities for projects having nothing to do with economic development.

Did the trial lawyers write this bill?

The power of eminent domain is an extraordinary one and should be used rarely and with great care.

this hearing is not about legitimate oversight of the Civil Rights Division.

Baseless nonsense, ill-motivated baseless nonsense. Those allegations have now been investigated and debunked twice with both the Inspector General and the Office of Professional Responsibility.

There should be no bite at this apple. Any continued claims of wrongdoing in efforts to taint this Administration or Assistant Attorney General Perez with this case should be flatly rejected as the ill-motivated nonsense that they are.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I rise today to oppose the radical Republican budget, which will increase unemployment and savage Medicare and Medicaid and other programs that families depend on, mostly to finance tax…

So, Mr. Beisner, why is that not a great public service?

I will do my best to get that revoked as soon as possible.

I had hoped that we could at least agree that a realistic understanding of how that system is functioning would entail a balanced look at both the costs and benefits of the system.

If an AG, through a contingency fee lawyer, wins millions of dollars in damages for the taxpayers or for some injured class in the State, what is wrong with that?