Bob Goodlatte

Because you have threatened them if they don't undertake it with actions that most of us here on this panel who are in the United States Congress and involved in writing laws don't think the laws of the land allow you to do.

What are we supposed to do in the meantime?

Is it more important to develop implementation plans with the correct science or to meet an artificial deadline?

But the TMDL itself includes thousands of allocations based upon a tool that you admit is not ready for those finer allocations.

I find that unbelievable.

But how can you make effective decisions about what should go into a TMDL and how can you expect the states to comply when you haven't even given them the evidence of what needs to be done and how it will benefit the Chesapeake Bay?

Are you serious? I mean for 25 years farmers, localities, and others across the Chesapeake Bay region have substantially reduced the amount of nitrogen, phosphorous, and sediment going into the streams that go into the Chesapeake Bay and…

I believe he is correct. That is why we are here today because the Congress has ignored every other mechanism, and the most powerful mechanism we have is a constitutional amendment.

But let me also suggest to you that if had not been for Federal meddling and for Federal policy related to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, there wouldn't have been a real estate bubble in Arizona.

The challenge here that we are trying to deal with is: are we as a country going to balance our budget by wise policy or are we going to allow cataclysmic financial failure to balance it for us, and that is, indeed, the question.

I am always reminded, Mr. Chairman, that every budget, whether it be a person's budget or a business budget or a State budget or a Federal budget, every budget eventually balances.

The ultimate determination as to whether this merger impermissibly restrains competition or otherwise violates the antitrust laws lies with the FTC and not with the House of Representatives or the Judiciary Committee on which we sit today.

My colleague Mr. Marino of Pennsylvania has led efforts to even bargaining power between PBMs and pharmacies.

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I rise in support of the rule but also in support of the manager's amendment. I think the gentleman from Kentucky, the chairman of one of the two committees that you have referred to here, is…

I thank the chairman for his comments. I commend him for this legislation, and I support it.

As you know, I am the co-chair of the bicameral congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus, along with Congressman Adam Schiff.

Why exactly does Google suggest to users that they click on 'watch free bootleg movies online'?

Well, said. The gentlewoman from California.

We will work to strengthen the law to ensure criminals who operate online are not able to harm U.S. consumers.

It is clear that existing laws are inadequate and we must do more to confront the problem.

I hope the courts will rebuff them again.

I think the FCC has been on mission creep for decades now.

The principle purpose of the FCC is to allocate spectrum and to try to find the most efficient way to do that; that spectrum is public property

It was over 10 years ago that I introduced legislation--probably the first net neutrality legislation introduced in the Congress--along with Congressman Rick Boucher in 1999

I am a States' rights guy, so I would tread lightly there because the Federal Government, in my opinion, should be a limited Federal Government.