Bob Goodlatte

The successful solution for nutrition assistance is not just the government and not just the charitable sector, but instead a combination of the two.

The President's duty under the Constitution is not to fix a law that he thinks is broken, but to faithfully execute that law.

When a President takes it upon himself the power to change a law he doesn't like, we have no democracy anymore.

If Congress doesn't oppose President Obama's Executive orders on immigration, it will be writing its own institutional obituary.

You may well like the fact that the President has abused prosecutorial discretion and conferred benefits in an unprecedented way.

Since when are we on such familiar terms with our Commander in Chief? I cannot recall a previous Administration during which Members of Congress from either side of the aisle showed such a persistent disrespect for the Office of the…

Only Congress can strike the balance that you want.

I think this will be a big help, and many startups have told me just that, that it will be a big help to stop these kinds of predatory actions taking place against them.

Addressing abusive patent litigation, particularly the reforms set out in the Innovation Act, are critical to our Nation's future economic competitiveness.

There is no presumptive shifting of fees in this law.

The Constitution very specifically provides in Article 1 that no money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in consequence of appropriations made by law.

This hearing opens a pattern or practice investigation into the Justice Department mortgage lending settlements.

This Committee will not stand silent, nor will, I am sure, the Financial Service Committee, and you can expect that this will escalate if you do not provide the documentation that we requested over 2 months ago.

It is a lot of money to most people.

Small is a relative term when you are talking about $150 million, right?

It is the Congress' responsibility to appropriate funds, and the Congress' responsibility to be picking and choosing who gets appropriations for expenditures.

In the new farm bill, there is a key bipartisan compromise that I was proud to spearhead with Congressman David Scott that protects dairy farmers, as well as restaurants, food processors, grocery stores, and consumers.

I understand that you are, as Mr. King noted, from Iowa, the capital of ethanol production, but I will just note that it doesn't sell as well in the hinterlands of many other parts of American agriculture.

This amendment formed the framework for the dairy title of the farm bill, and was designed to provide our nation's dairy producers with a viable safety net, without supply management, or new administrative burdens.

Giving law enforcement a direct financial incentive in the seizure of property violates a central command of due process.

It violates principles of federalism.

The self-funding of executive branch agencies violates the separation of powers.

Civil asset forfeiture is a useful law enforcement tool, but one that needs to be carefully monitored.

I thank Chairman Sensenbrenner for convening this hearing today on the important issue of civil asset forfeiture.

One way to make sure we discourage illegal immigration in the future is to prevent unlawful immigrants from getting jobs in the U.S.