Summer Lee

The mistreatment of Japanese Latin Americans is the subject of H.R. 42, a bill that has been referred to this subcommittee.

While we can shine a little bit of light today on these unfortunate chapters in our history, one hearing is just part of the historical conversation.

Frankly, we should nationalize the crisis of voter ID. It is beginning to be a plague across America.

Everyone has a right to vote their choice, but it does speak to intimidation.

They intimidate. They make sure that you do not know about the provisional ballot.

People do not understand it.

The idea of provisional ballots is to make sure that there is empowerment.

I think we have enough time to yield again. So let me indicate the Chair will now recognize other Members for questions they may wish to ask the witnesses.

So I really think I am going to go directly to you.

I thought I would acknowledge the Ranking Member for both his diligence and his support for the product in his district.

I remind each Member that he or she will have 5 minutes to question the panel.

I thank both gentlemen for their testimony.

Thank you Chairwoman Jackson Lee, Ranking Member Dent and the other Members of the Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection for the opportunity to submit testimony for today's hearing.

Might I add, as I started out, it is important when Congress issues mandates to note that they are for the betterment of the American people; and we will work diligently to comply.

It raises an issue of security to the crisis level of great concern.

The subcommittee will come to order, and I thank you for your indulgence.

I still think there is a monopolistic scenario with all the big banks.

You can say that big banks create a monopoly, and it may be that they are intrinsically part of the capitalistic system.

I am not totally convinced that the antitrust laws don't have an important role that can be utilized.

I believe the Judiciary Committee has an amazingly instrumental and intricately important role... on this whole question of reordering our markets.

I believe in alternative education, but I believe in it when it is not a way station.

I thank you for your leadership as it relates to sanity in gun regulation in this country.

I do know, knowing Senator Feingold and the Chairman, that he welcomes the everyman and everywoman.

I associate myself with the idea of public finance, for example, in this narrow window.

This hearing becomes more important by the moment, and I thank you for joining with the House on this constitutional question.