Bob Goodlatte

At this time, it is my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer).

It is now my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Tennessee (Mrs. Black), who has also been a leader on this issue of combating sex trafficking.

At this time, it is my pleasure to yield 4 minutes to the gentlewoman from South Dakota (Mrs. Noem), the chief sponsor of the legislation.

It is time for Congress to put an end to this practice.

The Federal Government cannot continue to spend us into oblivion.

Our extraordinary fiscal crisis demands an extraordinary solution. We must rise above partisanship and join together to send a balanced budget amendment to the States for ratification.

If Congress had listened to the American people and sent that amendment to the States for ratification, we would not be facing the fiscal crisis we are today.

We must change America's course on Federal spending and enormous Federal deficits.

It is my pleasure to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Chaffetz), who has been a steadfast proponent of Internet tax freedom.

As this measure is considered in the Senate and then in conference between the House and Senate, we would look forward to working with you.

At this time, it is my pleasure to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Barton).

I want to thank the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Eshoo) for her leadership on this issue. Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Farenthold), a member of the Judiciary Committee.

At this time, it is my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Collins), a member of the Judiciary Committee and a leader on technology issues.

I want to thank the gentlewoman from California and the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Chabot) for their leadership on this issue. Now I would like to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Bucshon) for his statement and thank him for…

At this time, it is my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Chabot), a member of the Judiciary Committee.

Thank you, Chairman Sensenbrenner. I am very pleased to be here today to discuss the important issue of prison reform.

This afternoon, the Subcommittee continues our review of our Nation's copyright laws with a hearing on moral rights, termination rights, resale royalty, and copyright term.

I think the overall effectiveness of the rule of law is weakened when you don't take into account a requirement that you have a showing of mens rea.

I have never seen such a bipartisan recognition about the urgency to address over-criminalization, over-federalization of criminal cases, and sentencing reform.

I believe that with their input, it may be possible to begin resolving many of the problems we have examined during the previous eight hearings on the over-criminalization issue.

And let me ask you this. While 47,00, according to these charts, unaccompanied alien minors have arrived in the first 6 months of this year, it is not just unaccompanied alien minors who are arriving.

I would say to you that until you prove it to this Committee, we cannot accept the link that you are claiming between some violence and this refugee status versus the link between the President's not enforcing the law.

Isn't the point of apprehending aliens to ensure their return to their home countries, not to provide them a golden ticket into the United States?

Unfortunately, these statements show the Administration's lack of understanding of this issue.

Nothing against this place where we work, but my folks back home--they live in a different world than here and they want to watch that world on TV.