That's politics, that's not really having anything to do with the independence of prosecutorial discretion.

The prosecutor has really awesome power. The power to prosecute is the power to destroy and it has to be used with restraint.

I very much appreciate that it takes strong people of independent judgment to make certain that we continue to be a Nation of laws.

Had you, after your thorough investigation, found evidence that suggested that criminal conduct occurred, is there anything, anything or anyone, that could have held you back from deciding to prosecute?

I was unable to vote on rollcall 351. I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall 351 had I been there. ____________________

About 10 days ago, something extraordinary happened on this House floor. Members violated the rules, and they sat in. Some folks asked me the question: ``Peter, why did you do that? Why did you join in that?'' I had to think hard about it…

I thank my colleague, Mr. Pitts. It is a pleasure to be working with him and with Mr. Pallone and Mr. Upton. This legislation, as Mr. Pitts indicated, is going to give some relief to communities, particularly rural communities, from the…

This was a plan that had bipartisan support, RFS. It had the best of intentions, it had the worst of outcomes.

The RFS mandate has been a well-intended flop. It has not helped the environment, it has hurt it.

As has been said by many of my colleagues, the constitutional responsibility to declare war is that of Congress. So how is it that this Congress and the Congresses that have preceded us since the hostilities in the Middle East began have…

May I inquire how much time is remaining? The CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Hawaii has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.

First of all, I want to thank Congresswoman Gabbard. She has a practical battle-tested basis of experience to propose this amendment. She served a tour in Iraq, and she served in Kuwait. This is not a question about whether the proponents…

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 17, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $500,000)''. Page 17, line 11, after the…

I think standards are incredibly important, but I don't think they are everything.

one the most outrageous loss of jobs is with Carrier leaving Indiana to go down to 3-buck-an-hour wages in Mexico, which I think is pretty appalling

I want to thank Chairman Graves. I appreciate his support of this amendment. I also want to thank the ranking member for her support. I also thank my cosponsors, Congresswoman Matsui and Congresswoman Frankel, but I especially want to…

I am delighted to be here presenting this amendment. My cosponsor of this amendment, Jaime Herrera Beutler, is unable to be here, but it is relevant. She had a baby 2 weeks ago--this is not her first child--and she is a breastfeeding…

I think standards are absolutely essential.

Regulations I think are really important, and it can be really beneficial.

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 Vermont will be postponed. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will read. The Clerk read as follows…

I thank the gentleman. We have a lot of merchant nuclear plants that are now starting to get decommissioned. The first one that got decommissioned was in Vernon, Vermont. We have now got Pilgrim. The communities there face enormous…

The northern border region, from Maine, to New Hampshire, to Vermont, to New York, is a particularly hard hit economic area. The Northern Border Regional Commission has been a tremendous asset to help folks across that region--by the way…

I have an amendment at the desk, and I ask unanimous consent to offer it at this point in the reading. The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Vermont? There was no objection. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Number one, the starting point for analysis of this law is the current law. The current law is a mess. It is the Wild West out there when it comes to regulating chemicals. There are 85,000 chemicals that…

The real fundamental question for us is whether or not in this defense budget we are going to ask what are the fundamental strategic necessities of the United States to be in a strong posture to defend itself. The approach of just throwing…