In other words, our effort here with these programs has been to enhance law enforcement, not to replace what has traditionally been the local and State funding sources for local law enforcement.

At a time when our national debt is over $16 trillion, we simply cannot afford to drink $12 coffees and purchase prisons when others sit vacant.

I strongly support the mission of the Justice Department and the fine men and women who are working there who keep this country safe.

Given the importance of intellectual property to our nation's economy, it is critical that our copyright laws reflect the modern economy.

And the tone of recent copyright debates has often been one that pits one or more stakeholder groups against others.

Few would doubt that keeping U.S. copyright law current is complicated by rapidly changing technology.

Based upon Article One, Section Eight of the U.S. Constitution, our nation's intellectual property laws strive to balance the rights of creators to protect their works with promoting the progress of science and the useful arts.

And I would welcome, Ms. Pallante, and thank her for her initiative here, which we heard about.

the tone of recent copyright debates has often been one that pits one or more stakeholder groups against others.

I have in front of me a memorandum dated December 8, 2010 that you submitted to Secretary Napolitano.

You want to save money, Mr. President? You want to save money, Secretary Napolitano? Secure the border and we will have all the savings they will ever need.

So you are saying that if you want to increase the deportation of people outside the country and expedite that, you have to seek the approval of the Secretary.

The Appropriations Committee is very used to dealing with excess expenditures necessitated by changed circumstances.

I am very concerned with how this has been handled.

I want to thank the gentleman from Minnesota, the chairman of the Education and the Workforce Committee, for his outstanding work on this. I want to say to all of us that we should be sure that the people who are needing job training in…

we are a Nation of immigrants, and we are going to make sure that we treat those immigrants like people we have always benefited from wanting to come to this country.

we are a Nation of immigrants, and we are going to make sure that we treat those immigrants like people.

The executive order is a first step toward protecting our public and private networks from attack, but Congress can and must do more.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I very much appreciate your holding this hearing, and I will submit my full statement for the record in order to save a little time for our witnesses.

Unfortunately, there is evidence of fraud and abuse in the asbestos trust compensation system.

Well, thank you, Mr. Chairman, and it is an honor to be back on this Subcommittee.

Cyber intrusions are just the tip of the iceberg.

The history of asbestos litigation is filled with human tragedy, culminating in what the Supreme Court described as an 'asbestos litigation crisis'.

I applaud the President's resolve to work with industry to better resolve our critical infrastructure.

It is an honor to be back on this Subcommittee.