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.

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.

But I am not sure why one of the two companies should own DIRECTV and the other should continue to have the bundle experience that was referred to.

Robert Bork famously said the only legitimate goal of antitrust is the maximization of consumer welfare.

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when Rep. Goodlatte requested a copy of an 84-page feasibility study on the renovation, GSA gave him a version with key sections redacted

So far, the Federal Government has spent more than $600 billion, more than it has taken in.

Was a good use of the taxpayer dollars in that building?

Don't you think that the GSA could have done a better job of consulting with the tenants?

Was anybody held accountable for what had to be millions of dollars in loss to the taxpayers?

Judge Colo'n describes a situation where GSA has taken 2 years to determine a method to terminate an allegedly incompetent contractor and jeopardized the completion of a project that cost more than $99 million.

Notwithstanding the public shaming of GSA and repeated concerns expressed by public officials, including myself...

Why hasn't anyone at GSA been held accountable with regard to the mismanagement of this project?

This hearing concerns matters of critical importance to American taxpayers and all who rely upon our Federal courts to adjudicate their constitutionally-protected rights and dispense justice.

Was that not considered as a good alternative?

While I am disappointed in the testimony of our GSA witness, I am not at all surprised by its non-responsiveness...

Would you agree that under circumstances like that, funds need to be used wisely by government agencies to stretch dollars as far as they can be stretched?

We would be very interested in knowing what their position is on this and whether any action is necessary on our part.

So the lack of cooperation impeded the ability to go after some suspected criminals.

As I mentioned 2 weeks, as we consider challenges and potential solutions to the copyright laws relating to music, we should keep in mind ideas that incorporate more free market principles.

Isn't one of the fundamental things we should consider here, scrapping generations of legislation that now cause us to infinitely try to figure out whether in fact Pandora can effectively compete against broadcasters?

the Justices of the Supreme Court unanimously rejected the Federal Government's argument in Hosanna-Tabor.

I have joined Mr. Conyers for years in trying to rectify that.