finding limits for congress as commerce. i used to tell my students that would never see that happen -- well, i was proved wrong by the court in u.s. vs. lopez. finding limits on the congress's power under section five of the 14th amendment at one time seemed unlikely but the court has done that in cases like this city of brianna. this is store near expansion of something to do -- due process was attenuated in the 1960's has flared into life in the year since that time. property protection, last year the second amendment d.c. vs heller so that is quite a list of areas in which the court has invigorated were rediscovered constitutional protections. now i can add to that list but i thank you get the point. we remember the warren court for activism and we should remember just how much has happened in the courts since that time. and the story in many ways of the supreme court from 1969 to the present time, this 40 years, one of the themes of that era has been a struggle between republican presidents, reagan and nixon before and

as a former member of commerce -- as a former member of congress who had two community colleges in his district, i cannot tell you how important this is. that has not gotten the full attention of the four-year institutions, but it is a competitive advantage to the united states. the community college system is essential, and we will outline a series of things to fund the growth of the community colleges. i have talked with a number of state senators. the community colleges do not get the resources of the four- year institutions, but nearly 50% of all the people who go through post high-school institutions go to two-year institutions. we all do what we're supposed to do it at the state universities. this has not gotten the attention. the community college system will have a major resource infusion and also reforms and goals driven as part of the overall economic strategy in the upgrading of american workers and employees skills so if they choose to go from this profession to another profession, we have the infrastructure to do that. in addition, there will be another announcement by the

i suppose in congress, that you think of everything relative to trade in commerce, as well as other things she wrote. demure, before she forwarded her own recommendations. she proposed that congress place an excise tax on spirits and liquors, that would be equal among all the states. currently, she pointed out, new england carries a heavier surcharge than others, which damaged their trade. sensing then perhaps that she was on a role, abigail next introduced a topic that the delegates had purposefully avoided. i have sometimes been ready to think, and she backed into her subject before delivering her blow, that the passion for liberty cannot be equally strong in the breaths of those who have been accustomed to deprive their fellow creatures of airs. artfully proposing her comments in the conditional form, she then stepped audaciously into the hornet's nest of slavery, that congress had cautiously avoided in order to maintain unity among the states wile engaging in the war for independence. the one topic that would certainly spell the end of cooperation between the southern and northern stat

as they, congress, shall be law direct. congress through title 13 of u.s. code has delegated this responsibility to the secretary of commerce and within the department of commerce to the bureau of the census. let me be very clear on this point. the constitution stipulates that congress shall direct how the census is to be conducted and congress delegated this responsibility to the bureau of the census, not the office of the white house chief of staff. the united states census should remain independent of politics. it should not be directed by political operatives working out of the white house. such a move is especially troubling considering the census at the time was considering entering into a national partnership with acorn, an organization ripe with internal corruption and that was responsible for multiple instances of vote fraud in the 2008 presidential election. asking an organization like acorn to help recruit the 1.4 million temporary workers that will go door to door is akin to inviting the fox into the hen house. an estimated $3 billion in federal funds are distributed annually on the basis of census data, accordi

as a member of congress, our u.s. national security. a recent report of the national academies found that u.s. and national security and economic prosperity depend on full engagement in science, technology, and commerce. however, some of the unintended consequences of our current u.s. export control system have contributed to a situation in which the u.s. is now among leaders in science and technology but we no longer dominate. as chair of the science and technologies committee subcommittee on space and aeronautics, i'm concerned about our future leadership in space, especially as more nations seek to increase their space activities this provision directs the president to take into account the views of the federal departments and provide a report to congress on plans of the agencies to streamline u.s. export controls and processes to better serve the needs of the united states. we can't afford to undercut our technological competitiveness. the chair: the gentlewoman's time has expired. the gentlewoman from florida continues to reserve. the gentleman from california. mr. behrman: i'm pleased to yield to another excellent member of the committee, former colleague that the legislature of california, ms.