Mr. Speaker, a few minutes ago, the distinguished gentleman from Ohio (Mr. Kucinich) called for not reauthorizing temporarily three expiring provisions of the Patriot Act, allegedly because the FBI had found civil liberties violations. In…

Mr. Speaker, there has been a lot said about national security letters. The authority for them was made permanent in 2006. It is not a part of this bill, so we ought to completely forget about the complaints about national security…

If you aren't a good rabbit and don't start eating the carrot, I am afraid that we are all going to be throwing the stick at you.

It seems to me that one of the problems that exists in this area is that there is not a uniform standard for how long the data has to be retained.

I am a firm believer in carrots and sticks, and I am tossing you a carrot now.

At this point, the Chair asks unanimous consent that a statement by Ernie Allen of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children be inserted in the record.

Every piece of discarded information could be the footprint of a child predator.

The only thing I would add, this goes beyond child exploitation because every type of crime that we worry about is committed through online means now.

I thank the gentleman from Texas. Mr. Speaker, as each of us have traveled back to our districts over the past several months, we've heard from our constituents--from seniors to families to small businesses--speaking out convincingly. They…

Mr. Speaker, in 2006, Congress took significant steps to reduce methamphetamine production and distribution by passing the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act. Today, the House will consider H.R. 2923, the Combat Methamphetamine…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this legislation. It is a fair compromise. It deals with conflicting issues, and it looked at the data on who was indicted and who has been sentenced both by race as well as by the amount of cocaine that…