I feel the central issue is the harm that these provisions do to Congress as an institution.

But it also misses a broader point, which is Congress has also has said that restitution to victims takes priority over all penalties in the criminal system.

I still have an issue with an agency--and, thinking as a prosecutor, as we do, that discretion or that authority is very powerful and good in 99.9 percent of the cases.

Elected, accountable Members of Congress should decide how Federal funds are spent.

A Judiciary Committee investigation has revealed that DOJ is requiring settling parties to donate money to third-party groups.

So Congress has already determined that criminal penalties go to the Crime Victims Fund, civil penalties go to the civil Judgment Fund.

I do want to make clear that we kept the bill as narrow or simple as possible because we wanted to hear what you had to say as far as, perhaps, expanding on issues.

And so, to your question, Mr. Chairman, we would deprive prosecutors and civil enforcement attorneys of their ability to address the generalized harm that occurs in these cases.

I don't dispute that with you. But I believe that's Congress' responsibility.

And there are hundreds, if not thousands, of these violations every year. Congress is not going to be able to legislate for each one of them.

It is time for Congress to take action to end this abuse.

I have the utmost confidence and faith in the frontline prosecutors.

This deal puts the U.S. Government's stamp of approval on the idea that trade agreements don't control currency manipulation.

We have to avoid the tendency of many countries to go looking for dragons to slay.

What worries me most is that North Korea will sell fissile material or a nuclear weapon.

This agreement is so terrible for American working families that it is being sold as good national security policy.

We are not trying to eliminate violent extremists. That is not what is attacking our families...

What has happened is radical Islamic terrorists have declared war on the United States and on Western civilization...

I think that quite often this administration is mistaking the fight against radical Islamic terrorists...

Counterterrorism is you are dealing with monsters who kill innocent women and children...

I see no interest in changing that law--certainly not by the American people--and our laws must be honored.

We're going to need a detention facility for fanatical terrorists whose processing in the U.S. legal system is unwarranted and simply is not feasible.

If the administration was spending as much time working to capture and detain ISIS fighters as it was trying to close down this facility at Guantanamo Bay, we would be more secure.

if we want to continue to be the world leader in international trade, we must continue to prioritize these kinds of issues.

Congress legislates, and I yield back my time.