I would like to try to pin down who authorized the subpoenas for the AP.

I am a cosponsor this bill, introduced by Congressman Jason Chaffetz to require the government to obtain a warrant based on probable cause to compel cell phone companies to disclose the location information of their customers.

It's important that this body step in and clarify the law so that everyone understands what their rights are.

We must restore the private property rights protections that were erased from the Constitution by the Kelo decision.

I think whether the Justice Department is efficiently using its resources or not is a constitutional function of oversight.

This has been one of the more substantive hearings that I think we have had in trying to get to the bottom of all of this.

Well, you know, are there different strokes for different folks? We activate four prisons, but we do not have the activation money for a prison in the President's home State, which the Federal Government bought despite the Congress'…

Okay. Well, we have got four other prisons that are sitting empty that apparently are not as high a priority. Does the Bureau of Prisons intend to sell them?

There is no question the Department of Justice is having trouble managing these grants effectively.

I have been able to bring to the attention of the public where I think there is wasteful and duplicative spending.

If the gentleman will yield, I am sure as this debate goes on, we will be getting a lot of advice from a lot of different sources, some of which will be trying to twist the law in favor of somebody or another. So stay tuned.