Bob Goodlatte

It is now my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Missouri (Mrs. Wagner).

I am greatly concerned that the problems with these grantees, and many others, went unnoticed by the Department for years.

The Judiciary Committee plays an important role in examining how the Department spends taxpayer dollars.

I am pleased to take part in this hearing on oversight of the Justice Department grant programs.

We need to make every effort to complete this important hearing. And this is a very important hearing, one of the most important hearings we will hold on copyright law.

It troubles me that if they take that, remix it and are able to exploit it and offer it...

I see that a lot. I see it is very popular with people.

Congress should clarify that the distribution right is violated when works are made available.

I take it you don't agree with that perception. Would you elaborate on your view?

The real radical departure here is the fact that now we will have, for the first time, Federal subsidies of health insurance policies in America.

The policy we are discussing today has likely given America the gift of millions more children.

There has been long bipartisan agreement that Federal taxpayer funds should not be used to destroy innocent life.

I also don't like fraud.

I did introduce a bill that if you--that there will be no foreign aid to any country that discriminates on the basis of religion or who denies equal access to education based on gender.

I don't want anyone who is being persecuted to not be able to avail themselves of the protections and the freedoms of this country.

But I would like to ask unanimous consent to put the following statements into the record from the Center for Victims of Torture, the Evangelical Immigration Table, Human Rights First, Immigration Equality, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee…

Members of the audience must behave in an orderly fashion, or else they will be removed from the hearing room.

If you don't have these numbers and you are making policy regarding whether or not you should detain people when they come in or release them, why don't you have those numbers?

The Committee will in the new year continue work in a very deliberative manner, but a very serious manner understanding that immigration reform is needed, and it will be a top priority.

Doing nothing is no more an option for us than it is for the families that are being torn apart each and every day.

I am prepared to pursue necessary legislation to do the same.

It seems amazing to me that the Department of Homeland Security has not apparently sought to determine...

Clearly, whatever they are doing, it is ineffective.

It is outrageous that dangerous criminals are gaming the system by claiming they have a credible fear of persecution.

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lofgren), who has been a great person to work with on the Judiciary Committee and here on the floor of the House on this legislation.