Jerry Nadler

We should not be bribing our companies to pay their taxes.

I am vehemently opposed to that proposal.

We are spending under 1 percent on infrastructure. China is spending 9 percent.

We ought to be borrowing a lot of money and spending it on infrastructure.

We are struggling for funding, but that is entirely a political construct.

The real question is how best can we improve the Northeast Corridor and institute true high-speed rail service.

Rail is the most reliable form of transportation, and it should be an option for all travelers within a 500-mile radius of any major city.

The main reason for this backlog is chronic underfunding by the Federal Government.

How the money gets into the trust fund is crucial.

Everyone seems to agree that State and local funding sources are not sufficient to do the freight projects that are necessary.

I thank you for your graciousness, Mr. Chairman.

The letter makes several points. One, that fetal viability is generally regarded as occurring at 24 weeks gestation...

If this bill had been law when you had to face your ordeal, your doctors would have had to risk jail and a lawsuit if they provided you with the medical services you required.

One of the really harmful consequences of this bill, in my opinion, is that there are some fetal conditions that cannot be diagnosed before the 20th week of pregnancy.

If a child is born alive, that child is a person under the law and has rights. One of those rights is to proper medical care, period.

So you think that your liberty, along with your husband, in consultation with your doctor to do what was best for your family would have been precluded by this bill?

But the many Americans who see the world very differently, including millions of women who value their personal autonomy, can be forgiven if this looks like just another battle in the Republican war on women.

I understand how personally important this is to some of my colleagues, and they are certainly entitled to their beliefs.

This seems to say that border enforcement spending all that money simply got us a lot more net illegal immigration.

Prior to IRCA, we had a largely unenforced border.

If someone is under the operational control of a belligerent power, he may be an unlawful enemy combatant.

James Madison's words ring very, very true, and it is our job to try to make sure that our civil liberties survive intact.

I think it also applies to noncitizens in the United States, since the Constitution makes no distinction with respect to the constitutional rights in the Bill of Rights on people in the United States, whether they be citizens or not.

I also would like to thank Sean Penn for his advocacy on behalf of Mr. Ostreicher, which is helping bringing international attention to this issue in a way that we couldn't otherwise.

I want to begin by thanking you and Ranking Member Bass for holding this hearing and for giving me the opportunity to participate although I am not a member of the committee.