"If you don't have an ID, you don't even know where to--a lawyer doesn't even know, can't even articulate where you would start."
"The Federal law requires that you have to have a birth certificate or a passport."
"I would like to welcome Director Melekian in here today to discuss the important role of the COPS Office in making us safer in this country."
"I happen to represent Catholic Charities in my Congressional district and welcome that."
"I was, frankly, disappointed that they called for mandatory minimum sentences for certain crimes of damaging critical infrastructure computers because mandatory minimums have been found to waste the t..."
"The problem is that these cases don't even get investigated much less prosecuted."
"Thank you, Mr. Gohmert. Good morning, I am pleased to join you this morning for this very important oversight hearing on the Office of Justice Programs..."
"That is why I introduced the Youth PROMISE Act which I know the Attorney General is supportive of, and to provide this kind of evidence based and cost saving program and to get young people on the rig..."
"the decision did not create a problem that needs fixing--that Booker in fact was the fix, not the problem, and our response should be don't just do something, stand there."
"The decision did not create a problem that needs fixing. Booker WAS the fix--not the problem."
"How often are judges following the sentencing guidelines? The answer is in over 80% of the time."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman."