Bob Goodlatte

I see this as a hearing to protect the health of females.

I am grateful for pro-life leaders like Chairman Goodlatte, who are spearheading this critical investigation.

The amendment seeks to carve out from the REINS Act's reforms regulations intended to protect young children and infants from harm. Child safety is a goal all Members share, but to shield bureaucrats who write child safety regulations from…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Rhode Island will be postponed. Amendment No. 7 Offered by Mr. Cicilline The Acting CHAIR…

I oppose the amendment, and I urge support for the legislation. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Cicilline). The question was taken; and…

I claim the time in opposition. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Virginia is recognized for 5 minutes.

I urge my colleagues to oppose this amendment. The REINS Act is intended to make sure that Federal Government regulations get it right--solve the problem intended to be solved by the Congress in the manner intended by the Congress…

I urge my colleagues to support the underlying bill, which would be badly undermined by this amendment, which would remove from Congress the ability to determine which regulations make sense and which don't, which regulations comport with…

I have only one speaker remaining, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Again, I thank the gentleman from Georgia and the ranking member of the committee, Mr. Conyers, as well as Mr. Sensenbrenner and the ranking member of the subcommittee, Ms. Jackson Lee. I urge my colleagues to support this bipartisan…

It is no exaggeration to say that heroin use has reached epidemic levels across this Nation.

These are alarming statistics. However, the grim reality is that they should surprise no one.

I am pleased to be here today at this important hearing to examine the growing epidemic of heroin abuse in our Nation.

We have only one additional speaker, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Would it not be best to remove unlawful aliens before they commit serious crimes as opposed to simply trusting and hoping that they will not, in fact, commit serious crimes?

I do not believe they are, and by State and local governments.

So can you explain to me the continued increase in the number of convicted criminal aliens in removal proceedings who have already been ordered removed who are not being detained by DHS?

Given that there is 350,000 on the street, should we be providing you with additional capacity, or when are you going to get to the 34,000?

I do not believe that mandating through Federal legislation, the conduct of sheriffs and police chiefs is the way to go.

But the trend is going the wrong way.

Of the 276 so-called sanctuary cities where they have publicly taken a position to not cooperate with ICE, last year, some 8,000 criminal aliens were released by those communities onto the streets of their communities and of this country.

It appears that the economic development that brought about the takings in Kelo was a failure.

I'm sure that these other gentlemen pride themselves on their intellectual integrity as well.

Private ownership of property is vital to our freedom and our prosperity and is one of the most fundamental principles embedded in the Constitution.

At this time, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Thompson), the chairman of the pertinent subcommittee in the Agriculture Committee.