Steve Cohen

In a case such as this where the right is already widely established under the Constitution and where the purported threats are highly speculative, I would have grave reservations about moving forward with a constitutional amendment.

There is a reason why we have amended the Constitution so rarely and why the Framers made it so difficult to amend.

The Supreme Court has long recognized that the right of otherwise fit parents and guardians to make decisions about the upbringing of a child under their care is a fundamental right under the 14th Amendment's due process clause.

The False Claims Act has been responsible since 1987 for bringing in $39 billion in recoveries from corporations that cheated the American taxpayer.

I thank Mr. Kline for his explanation and his support. He is upriver from us, but that is where the Mississippi River starts before it becomes so beautiful on the bluffs of the city of Memphis. I yield back the balance of my time.

Voting, in my district we had an election in May, a primary election for county offices, very important and about 10 percent of the people who were registered voted.

If people who had convictions in the past were allowed to vote, if they voted, by their simple action of voting they would show they were in the upper 10 percent of the citizenry.

These issues affect my constituents in a major way. Second chance opportunities for employment is one of the things I hear most from constituents.

I, for one, think that we should expand our horizons and all opportunities we can to people who have cancer and other life-threatening diseases to ease their pain and their anguish.

A great number more than that get arrested and get a scarlet 'M' fastened to their chest for life, which means they don't get a job maybe or a college scholarship.

Of course, we know that's not true because the people with epileptic seizures, the mothers who have found that part of that is the cannabinoids, or whatever it is, it definitely helps their children.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 7, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $3,000,000)''. Page 43, line 18, after the dollar amount…

That is what I was astonished about, Mr. Farr, when I watched this movie. It was Katie Couric, and I forget all the other people involved in producing it. But it was about how Congress had basically acquiesced to special interests to…

Mr. Miller was talking about white potatoes. How does this bill affect white potatoes? I saw this movie called ``Fed Up,'' and white potatoes in general are the evil that cause people to get obese and gain weight. How are white potatoes in…

Today, sadly, the House asked for a moment of silence for a student who was killed in Oregon. Yesterday, sadly, we had a moment of silence for deaths in Nevada. We didn't have a moment of silence for the death of a student at Seattle…

Moreover, the Affordable Care Act's mandate, we argue, serves two compelling governmental interests--namely, the protection of public health and welfare and the promotion of gender equality--that outweigh whatever attenuated burden the…

Yet in the name of religious freedom we cannot undermine the government's fundamental role with respect to protecting public health and ensuring equal treatment under the law.

Religious freedom is a fundamental pillar of American life.

Finally, as even some of the Majority witnesses acknowledge, the Obama Administration's enforcement efforts with regard to protecting religious freedom--in the workplace and elsewhere--are to be commended.

All Americans--regardless of their religious beliefs-- should know that their government will lead the effort in fostering an open climate of understanding and cooperation.

Religious freedom is indeed a fundamental pillar of American life.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 32, line 15, after the first dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $18,000,000)''. Page 74, line 13, after the first…

I rise, Mr. Chairman, to greet my fellow Tennessean, and I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 32, line 15, after the first dollar amount, insert ``(reduced…

It has been culturally accepted not in your area, but in some cultures it has. And in the African American community, you are eight times more likely to be arrested and sent to jail because of the color of your skin. It has a disparate…

So should we make alcohol illegal again, that exercise in prohibition that was brought by this Congress, that was proved to be such a failure, that it was repealed later on? Should we make alcohol illegal because kids might get it? I…