Bob Goodlatte

The USA Freedom Act took an important step in curtailing surveillance activities, but we should go much further in strengthening our privacy protections.

The Judicial Redress Act has already passed the House, and I hope the Senate will take it up shortly.

Today's hearing continues the Judiciary Committee's efforts to deliver urgently needed reforms of Washington's regulatory system--a system that virtually every day places new obstacles in the path of American jobs and economic growth.

The Director of the National Security Agency has said that former Secretary of State Clinton's private e-mail server would be a sought-after target for a foreign intelligence agency.

Only by allowing the use of strong encryption, not only domestically but internationally as well, can we hope to make the Internet a safe and secure environment.

The USA FREEDOM Act ensures that Federal law appropriately respects civil liberties while providing the necessary tools to preserve our collection capabilities and thereby meet our national security responsibilities.

I once again commend your distinguished service to our Nation, and I'm confident you will continue to serve honorably at the helm of the FBI.

I would implore every Member of this Committee to ask two questions in the stillness of his or her heart: First, is deliberately turning a blind eye to the suffering and murder of the most helpless of all of our children born alive in the…

The bill we are examining today, the Fraudulent Joinder Prevention Act, will also help address a litigation abuse that regularly drags small businesses into court.

America's small businesses are some of the leading victims of frivolous lawsuits and the extraordinary costs that our legal system imposes.

I have just one speaker remaining, and I believe I have the right to close.

May I inquire how much time is remaining on each side? The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Foxx). The gentleman from Virginia has 5\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentlewoman from California has 7 minutes remaining.

It is my pleasure to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Rothfus).

It is my pleasure to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Palmer).

Reclaiming my time, the judge has that discretion under current law, has that discretion under this bill, but they don't have the discretion to say they are not going to award any damages where the case is found to be frivolous and, in…

It is a simple question. What other sorts of legal claims should a victim be able to prove in court--because they are allowed to do this under rule 11--prove that they have suffered damages in court, but be denied those damages by the…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I would just ask the gentleman this: What other sorts of legal claims should a victim be able to prove in court--prove in court, but be denied damages by the judge?

And would one of you answer my question, which was, can you give us a summary of the impact that such an Order, meaning the California Dairy Marketing Order, will have on the rest of the country?

You can inadvertently destroy existing competition by providing government subsidies to entities that enter the marketplace.

This is not like originally delivering telephone services or rural electrification where it was either there or it wasn't there.

I want to reiterate what a number of folks have said here about the importance of the services for economic development in rural areas.

Rather than promoting free markets, Obamacare put in place a regulatory structure that stifled competition and instituted incentives for increased market consolidation.

In 2010, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which I believe is antithetical to competition.

It does not make more sense to give that money for those of us who deeply care about women's health, give it to facilities that actually do the mammograms so Planned Parenthood does not take their cut?

I want my girls to have mammograms, and whether they have money or not, I want them to have mammograms.