Jim Sensenbrenner

Congress recently passed and the President is expected to sign into law legislation that explicitly prohibits the use of Federal funds to move detainees from Guantanamo Bay to the United States.

I have a question relative to the issue of the Guantanamo detainees.

Strong international relationships abroad are critical to the safety and advancement of the United States. That is why I was pleased to introduce the Judicial Redress Act of 2015 with Ranking Member John Conyers and to speak in favor of it…

So the question is whether Congress should appropriate another half billion dollars plus to Planned Parenthood when we could be spending that money on feeding hungry children.

why Planned Parenthood needs to get over a half a billion dollars of Federal funding every year

Well then, how come abortionists do not follow the Federal law when they make a mistake and the baby is not killed prior to being born?

when Congress sets budgeting priorities we have to decide what is important and what is not

Retaliating against those who speak out against the Agency is not acceptable. Failing to enforce EPA disciplinary policies against those who are found to discriminate or harass is not acceptable.

I firmly believe any solution to the heroin epidemic must have three parts: one, discouraging the use of this dangerous, highly addictive drug; two, providing appropriate treatment to addicts; and three, ensuring law enforcement zealously…

merely throwing somebody in jail and then having them come out and probably go back to the bad ways that got them to jail in the first place is something that ought to be addressed.

I introduced H.R. 953, the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2015.

the recidivism is--I want to make sure I have the correct number for you. I had it marked here for you. I am sorry, sir. It would be 80 percent less.

This is not a crisis we can simply incarcerate ourselves out of.

If we bow to the outrageous demand of the ACLU and ignore detainer orders, the price will be paid by thousands of crime victims who would otherwise have been protected by law.

I am proud to be joined today by Representative Bobby Scott, whom I have had the pleasure of working with on the House Judiciary Committee's Over-Criminalization Task Force.

In my view, it would be both unwise and destructive for Congress to pass legislation contradicting all this good work in the States.

Mr. Sensenbrenner. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Administrator McCarthy, I'd like to ask you a few questions about the upcoming COP21 climate change talks in Paris.

That doesn't sound to be something to me that's very good for America.

Today, 10 years after the Kelo decision, the case for Congress not proceeding with national eminent domain legislation has only gotten stronger.

In my view, the Supreme Court in the Kelo case wisely refused to embrace novel interpretations of the public use requirement of the Takings Clause.

I think that poor and middle-income people will be most concerned about what happens to their expenses should the price of gas and electricity and natural gas and anything that is carbon-related go up.

100 percent preventable crime. Just enforce the law. This will make you cry, too.

I authored this legislation to establish a system for integration of Rapid DNA instruments into Federal law.

Now is the time to change the law to permit Rapid DNA technology.

Rapid DNA could not at this time be use for Rape Kits, but the implementation of Rapid DNA will allow forensics labs to focus on forensic samples.