Bob Goodlatte

This pace is simply unsustainable.

The number of Federal crimes has exploded in recent decades, bringing the number to approximately 4,500.

I am very happy to be here today at the introductory hearing for this bipartisan Over-Criminalization Task Force.

The Honorable Bob Goodlatte, a Representative in Congress from the State of Virginia, and Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary.

If you're not going to prosecute him, why not tell him? Why not tell him?

The First Amendment.

It is a good question, but the time of the gentleman has expired.

You have given us more than 3 hours of your time. You have answered a lot of questions, a lot of difficult questions, and we very much appreciate that.

It is clear that the FBI, along with DEA and ATF, needs to do more, much more to reduce the level of violence in Puerto Rico.

I don't suggest there is a cover-up but it has the trappings of a cover-up.

This Benghazi tragedy still hangs in my craw. I'm not directing this at you, but I'm directing it at somebody.

Tomorrow morning my colleague Justin Amash and I will introduce a bill that will address the overbreadth and impenetrability of the surveillance programs.

There is a growing bipartisan unease with the notion that the executive branch can kill a United States citizen on its own determination that he poses an 'imminent threat.'

I am concerned that inadequate interagency coordination may have prevented robust information sharing in this case.

I know there is very little you may be able to say in a public setting, but to the extent you can, please explain to this Committee why you think these programs are important and how they protect the American people from terrorism.

It seems clear that the government's activity exceeds the authority this Congress has provided, both in letter and in spirit.

The prison at Guantanamo Bay is unsustainable. Of the 166 men held there, 86 are already cleared for transfer.

I don't condone these leaks. I believe that if we fail to adjust the concerns at the heart of these controversial programs that there will be more leaks.

I urge us to look at what this bill does to remove equality under the law for a specific group.

I am here to stand in support of Mr. Gowdy's SAFE Act.

If we want to avoid the mistakes of the past we cannot allow the President to continue shutting down Federal immigration enforcement efforts unilaterally.

Mr. Gowdy's legislation actually strengthens Federal immigration enforcement.

The Senate bill actually weakens interior enforcement in many areas or is simply ineffectual.

Any real immigration reform effort must guarantee that our laws be enforced following a legalization program.

Successful immigration reform must address effective interior enforcement.