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

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

I think we owe it to the many property owners who have been subject to eminent domain by this foreign corporation to consider whether that use of the takings power is appropriate.

I continue to believe that this bill is the wrong approach to a very serious issue.

Since the Kelo decision, there have been new developments that call into question whether Congress should even act at this point.

I think it is a very misguided clause. I think all it will do is enable states to be sued.

the penalties in this bill are so draconian and misguided that even a government that never took a prohibited action would be hobbled financially by it.

The point is, the existence of this statute on the books would put a cloud, like a cloud of title, like a cloud on title, here being a cloud on future revenue.

But this is very important. This is how it would normally operate.

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.

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