Bob Goodlatte

It is an opportunity to conduct aggressive oversight of these four components of DOJ to determine where they are making decisions to uphold the law or follow the political whims of the administration.

I have no additional speakers, and I am prepared to close. I reserve the balance of my time.

At this time, it is my pleasure to yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Bishop), one of the two chief sponsors of this legislation.

Once again, this bill has no new mandatory minimum sentences. These are not low-level offenders. These are not nonviolent offenders. They are violent sexual predators, and these added offenders--which this bill does to close, again, a…

At this time I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Ratcliffe), the chief author of this legislation.

At this time, I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Buchanan), the chief sponsor of the legislation.

It is my pleasure to yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Hurd), the chief author of this legislation.

At this time I am pleased to yield as much time as he may consume to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Ratcliffe), the chief sponsor of the legislation.

I don't have any additional speakers, and I reserve the balance of my time to close.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida will be postponed. Amendment No. 2 Offered by Ms. Judy Chu of California The Acting…

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment, but I do not oppose the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Virginia is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

I have no speakers remaining, and I am prepared to close when Ranking Member Conyers concludes. I reserve the balance of my time.

If we do not send the message that this system is meant to stop people from buying firearms who are prohibited by law from buying firearms, what is the point of this system?

When the Obama administration sailed off, it left in its wake a systematically dismantled immigration enforcement infrastructure.

I am prepared to close, so I reserve the balance of my time until the other side closes.

It is for this reason we must remain vigilant in protecting the most vulnerable and innocent victims of crime, our children.

I am very pleased that you're holding this hearing, and I thank you for the opportunity to say a few words about it.

Much progress has been made over the past few decades in preventing, investigating, and prosecuting child exploitation crimes, but there is still work to be done.

As a father and grandfather, I can think of no more important role for law enforcement.

I would just say to the gentleman that there is nothing in this bill that would restrict access to class actions based upon fraud claims. And in fact, this bill is designed to maximize the recovery for those fraud victims, rather than…

The gentleman will be pleased to know that tomorrow we will consider on the floor of this House legislation that, under rule XI, would impose mandatory sanctions on attorneys who engage in the type of activity he just described. That is an…

I claim time in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Byrne). The gentleman from Virginia is recognized for 5 minutes.

Constitutional rights are priceless, but attorney's fees have to be set by the court. Who else is going to set them in those cases? I want to correct the gentleman, again, on this point about section 1983 cases because this bill says very…

As a result, the real value of each investment has fallen by half.

Unfortunately, over the years, the program has strayed further and further from Congress' intent and has seen its reputation repeatedly tarnished by scandal.