Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this dangerous and ill-considered legislation. Once again, this House is being stampeded by fear-mongering and deception into signing away our rights. If you trust this President and if you trust this dishonest Attorney General to exercise unfettered power to spy on Americans without any court supervision, then you should support this bill. If you s... Read more »

Madam Speaker, we were told by the administration, by the Director of National Intelligence, a couple of weeks ago that they needed two things: They needed to clarify that we didn't need a court order for a foreign-to-foreign communications. This bill does it. They needed an assurance that telecommunications companies would be compelled to assist in gathering of national security information unde... Read more »

Mr. Speaker, this bill would restore to employment discrimination victims the realistic chance at justice that the Supreme Court recently took away from them. What is important to understand about the Court's decision is that everyone agreed that Lilly Ledbetter was the victim of intentional discrimination for 19 years. The Court said something truly astonishing, that the only discriminatory act ... Read more »

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this conference report. The bill contains several critical homeland security improvements that have been mentioned before. I won't mention them because I want to concentrate on the 100 percent scanning that the gentleman from California opposed. I have pushed for the 100 percent scanning for almost 5 years. The language in this bill is modeled on the language tha... Read more »

Mr. NADLER. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Amendment offered by Mr. Nadler: Page 83, after line 6, insert the following new section: Sec. 529. For ``OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN--VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND PROSECUTION PROGRAMS'' for the Jessica Gonzales Victims Assistance program, as authorized by section 101(b)(3) of the Violence Against Women and De... Read more »

Mr. FOSSELLA. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Amendment offered by Mr. Fossella: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: TITLE VII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 701. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to carry out the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Lin, et al. v. Unit... Read more »

Mr. NADLER. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Amendment offered by Mr. Nadler: At the end of the bill, before the short title, insert the following: TITLE VII--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 701. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to enforce section 505 of the USA PATRIOT Act until the Department of Justice conducts a full review and delivers ... Read more »

Mr. Chairman, I rise to support the bill and, in particular, its provisions to help families obtain affordable housing with Section 8 vouchers and to help people with HIV/AIDS to secure housing with the assistance of the HOPWA program. I want to thank the chairman for including $300 million in this bill for Housing Opportunities for People With AIDS, the highest funding level ever for this progra... Read more »

Mr. Chairman, I first want to thank Chairman Obey for including $50 million for treating the health needs of 9/11 first responders from all over the country in this bill. Without his leadership, the heroes of 9/11 would still be waiting for the Federal funding they so desperately need for medical treatment following their work at Ground Zero. Although this funding is an important step, we need so... Read more »

I thank the gentlelady for her support, and I thank Ms. Ros-Lehtinen for her support. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to urge my colleagues to join me in supporting House Resolution 137, a resolution to honor the life and six decades of public service of Jacob Birnbaum, known more familiarly as Jacob Birnbaum, especially his commitment freeing Soviet Jews from religious, cultural and communal extinctio... Read more »