This study would not affect the underlying provisions of the bill. The priorities of the bill remain the priorities of the bill. This would just affect the situation where people find their homes uninhabitable and are looking for help…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 70, after line 5, insert the following new section: SEC. 27. STUDY OF ALL-PERIL INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR…

Thank you. I appreciate you yielding time, and appreciate you bringing to the attention of the American public the need for continued support for those who are unemployed. The current economic climate has taken a toll on many families…

It's so important that you have mentioned summer jobs and opportunities they get to help get young people on the right track and keep them on the right track, get them used to a working environment and get them set for their future lives…

The Congressional Black Caucus has a long history of submitting fiscally responsible budget alternatives regardless of who may be sitting in the White House or which party holds the majority in Congress. This year's budget alternative…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in opposition to the rule because it includes a manager's amendment with problematic provisions. The manager's amendment will prevent the disclosure and use of safety data. It provides immunity to…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, our public schools need more resources, not less. This bill diverts funds that could be used for public schools into private school vouchers. Instead of helping public schools, the bill…

International terrorism is a crime.

I remain opposed to the extension of these provisions without changes to them to better ensure the rights of innocent Americans are not trampled upon.

I rise in opposition to the amendment offered by my colleague that would prohibit the use of funds made available by this bill to ``develop, promulgate, evaluate, implement, provide oversight to, or backstop total maximum daily loads or…

Although the Senate has rejected the House version of the bill with a 1-year extension and has amended the bill to provide only a 90-day extension, which will provide us a more accelerated opportunity to actually deal with the issues…

I am glad to have the hearing today because over the past few months, there have been news reports that new communications technologies are making it more difficult for law enforcement to engage in court-authorized wiretaps.

We must acknowledge that passing a continuing resolution will do nothing to create jobs. We are stuck with an unemployment rate of 9 percent and have left the long-term unemployed who have exhausted their unemployment benefits out in the…

And American manufacturers would, therefore, not be at a disadvantage?

Now, Ms. Landau, if law enforcement can get into a conversation, what would prevent anyone else who is a skilled hacker, what would be the problem for them getting in?

There is no way around the fact that any calls for increased surveillance capabilities will have significant implications for technological and economic development, as well as basic privacy concerns.

Are you asking for any surveillance authority over and above what you have now--requirement for warrant, probable cause, and all of that?

And when you have a wiretap and the technology doesn't let you listen in, that is the problem we are dealing with, right?

I believe at the onset of this discussion, eyes need to be open to all of the considerations involved.

Legal Services Corporation programs are forced to already reject over half the cases that come before them. This cut found in the CR only makes matters worse by requiring the firing of hundreds of Legal Services Corporation attorneys. Our…

The CR's proposal before us proposes to cut $190 million from juvenile justice programs. That cut is shortsighted and misguided. Cutting effective crime prevention programs is penny wise and pound foolish because we have reams of research…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to H.R. 514, which would extend for 1 year sweeping governmental intrusions into our lives and privacy that were authorized by the USA PATRIOT Act and the 2004 Intelligence Act. Without meaningful…

I was first elected in 1992, and in 1993 we considered a budget that put an end to fiscal recklessness. We passed a budget that, by the end of the 8 years of the Clinton administration, had not only eliminated the deficit, but had created…

I opposed it because it increased mandatory minimum sentences, it added creation of new Federal criminal offenses on top of a myriad of existing and growing State offenses.