mr. goodlatte: it's my pleasure to yield three minutes to the gentleman from utah, mr. chaffetz, who has been a steadfast proponent of internet tax prix dom. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. chaffetz: i thank chairman goodlatte for bringing this piece of legislation forward. i appreciate the bipartisan man for the which it's done. the internet is working. it's working. it's one of the great things about our economy, it's one of the great things that's happening in our couldn't rhythm it's creating excitement and the younger general -- in the younger generation, we're leading the world in what we're doing. but access is not necessarily available to everybody. we have people in inner cities, indian rereservations, rural communities, those just seeking to be part of this community and have access tond -- and get information and be informed and be educated and allowed to engage in commerce. since 1998 this has been the position of the united states of america and if you look at the internet, it truly is interstate commerce. we can

mr. goodlatte. mr. goodlatte: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on h.r. 5135, currently under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. goodlatte: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. goodlatte: i rise to speak in favor of h.r. 5135, the human trafficking prevention, intervention and recovery act of 2014, introduced by representative kristi noem. the crisis of human trafficking is rues now to the lives of its victims, many of whom are drawn if the ranks of the most vulnerable in our society. this crisis has touched nearly every corner of the globe and even exists here in the united states. the justice department and its many state and local partners have made great strides to rescue children and other victims from the terrible crime of sex trafficking. last month, the f.b.i. announced a successful nationwide

mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to speak to the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker, our nation has lost a true public servant, congressman caldwell butler, who represented the sixth congressional district of virginia from 1972 to 1983, passed away last night. he will be remembered for many things, including his sharp legal mind and an integral role in the watergate investigation and the nixon impeachment proceedings. a genuine family man, he treasured his wife, june, and their four sons. i am especially thankful to have served as a member of his staff many years ago and to serve the same sixth district today. my thoughts and prayers are with the butler family during this difficult time. mr. speaker, i ask that my colleagues join me and members of the virginia delegation in a moment of silence in honor and in the memory of m. caldwell utler. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back.

mr. goodlatte: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank the gentleman from texas, the chairman of the rules committee, for his leadership on this issue. without enforcement of the law, there cannot be accountability under law, and political accountability is essential to a functioning democracy. we in the house of representatives who face re-election every two years under the constitution are perhaps reminded of that more often than others. and while there is at least one political branch willing to enforce the law, we will not fail to act through whatever means of which we can successfully avail ourselves. when the president fails to perform his constitutional duty that he take care that the laws be faithfully executed, the congress has appropriations and other powers over the president. but none of those powers can be exercised if a senate, controlled by the president's own political party, refuses to exercise them. nor will the exercise of those powers solve the problems at hand because they will not actually require the preside

mr. goodlatte. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you for holding this hearing, and thank you for your diligence in the number of hearings and the impressive array of hearings that we have held on copyright issues. and i can see we have another full house. so good morning to you all, and welcome to the subcommittee's second music licensing hearing. i see the size of the witness panel has grown with interest in this issue. two weeks ago a number of problems in the music licensing system that currently exists were highlighted. in reviewing the written testimony submitted in advance of this hearing, there does seem to be agreement that a her robust copyright -- a more robust copyright ownership database is needed. there also seems to be an interest by many in simplifying the diverse licensing and rate making systems. however, disagreement remains on whether all those who use music should pay for it and what specific rate standards should be used, among other issues. as i mentioned two weeks ago, as we consider challenges and poten

mr. goodlatte. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia is recognized. mr. goodlatte: thank you, mr. speaker. this afternoon the house is considering joint judiciary and energy and commerce committee legislation to ensure that our rural constituents continue to have access to network channels on america's two satellite carriers. title 2 of the legislation extends the expiring section 119 copyright license for another five years as this committee has done on previous occasions, most recently in 2010. this license ensures that when our constituents do not have access to a full compliment of local network television stations, they can have access through satellite television carriers to distant network television stations. this helps ensure that consumers in rural areas, like my congressional district, have the same access to news and entertainment options that consumers in urban areas enjoy. without enactment of this legislation, many of our constituents would potentially lose access to certain networks altogether on december 31 when the current license expires

mr. goodlatte: madam speaker, i thank the gentleman from kentucky for his leadership on this issue.rge my colleagues to support h.r. 5230. there is a crisis at our border. it is a crisis, a disaster of the president's own making. 's lax a administration immigration foreign policies says they can stay and now they are finding ways to bring their children who are still in central america and beyond to the united states unlawfully. although president obama has many tools at his disposal to stop this surge at the border, he refuses to use them and instead proposes to make the situation worse by taking more unilateral actions to stop the enforcement of our immigration laws. it is ultimately up to president obama to end this crisis by reversing his policies that created it. however, since he refuses to do so, we have to act to the extent we can to provide narrow and targeted funding to meet the immediate needs of our law enforcement agencies at the southern border. we have to enable them to do their job, to secure our border and enforce our immigration laws. and we should act to provide n

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joining me now is virginia republican representative bob goodlatt. mr.man, thank you so much for joining me. i want to first play for you what the president said yesterday, last night, one of the many things he said last night, talking about one of the big problems he has with getting anything done on capitol hill. >> i think it's fair to say that these days in washington, everybody's always concerned about everything falling victim to partisan politics. you know, if i sponsored a bill declaring apple pie american, it might -- it might fall victim to partisan politics. i get that. on the other hand, this is an issue in which my republican friends have said, it's urgent, and we need to fix it. if that's the case, then let's go ahead and fix it. >> mr. chairman, doesn't he have a point? i mean, i walk those halls. usually i watch what goes on or maybe doesn't go on. it's pretty hard to get anything done up there. >> well, first of all, his apple pie analogy doesn't apply to this situation. he knows that the house judiciary committee has worked with him on

mr. goodlatte: madam speaker, i thank the gentleman from kentucky for his leadership on this issue. i urge my colleagues to support h.r. 5230. there is a crisis at our border. it is a crisis, a disaster of the president's own making. 's lax a administration immigration foreign policies says they can stay and now they are finding ways to bring their children who are still in central america and beyond to the united states unlawfully. although president obama has many tools at his disposal to stop this surge at the border, he refuses to use them and instead proposes to make the situation worse by taking more unilateral actions to stop the enforcement of our immigration laws. it is ultimately up to president obama to end this crisis by reversing his policies that created it. however, since he refuses to do so, we have to act to the extent we can to provide narrow and targeted funding to meet the immediate needs of our law enforcement agencies at the southern border. we have to enable them to do their job, to secure our border and enforce our immigration laws. and we should act to provi

mr. speaker, i rise today in full support of h.r. 1528, the veterinary medicine mobility act. i want to thank my cliges, chairman upton, chairman goodlatte, mr. pitts, for helping bring this important measure to the floor and a special thank you to my friend and fellow vet, kurt schrader, from the state of oregon, who laid the initial groundwork. i also want to thank the senate for unanimously passing this important piece of legislation out of that chamber. i spent over 30 years in the veterinary profession and the passage of this bill will allow for the continued use of drugs necessary to perform the work we do for our four-legged patients. the animals i've helped on ranches and in the field have no voice of their own and they require a certain degree of service that only veterinarians can provide. vets must have the ability to treat animals onsite and in the field. limit that ability and you hurt a profession, you cripple ranchers acrolings the country and most of all you unfairly restrict life-saving treatments for the animals, the patients who need them the most. imagine what it would be like if the cattle ranchers were required to b

mr. conyers for his statement. >> thank you chairman goodlatte and members of the committee. in a nutshell, the united states citizenship and immigration service services are vital in examining the young people that are coming across our southern border. and i want to suggest that before we leave for five weeks that we try to ease the deportation of children and appropriate emergency funds. bus we have too few judges, too few asylum offices. we have 243 immigration judges. for 375,000 cases. we're talking about a more than four-year backlog, my colleagues. and, so, youngsters with valid claim should have a speedier way to have that determined. now, more -- those without valid claims, i'm sorry to say, should be sent back. but that determination is what democracy is all about. and it's our responsibility. to be careful in how we do this. i know the strong feelings about these youngsters pouring over here. but the question is how do we dispose of it consistent with democratic principles that will guide us. and nowhere should this be more keenly felt than the house judiciary com

mr. speaker. i'd like to thank chairman goodlatte for helping to bring this to the floor very quickly. also to the majority leader-elect kevin mccarthy, for his hard work. and also my good friend on the other side of the aisle, representative blumenauer, who's had a very passion for this program since even before i got here. at a time when we just get done debating a lot of tough things, it's great to see times when republicans and democrats can come together and to things for those that fight hard on behalf of our country and on behalf of theirs. the special immigrant visa program was designed to provide safe refuge to the countless brave afghan men and women who willingly put their lives on the line and serve shoulder to shoulder with our service members in operation enduring freedom. this program is critical to our national security and to our service members and veterans in any future engagement that will likely come at some point in the future. it provides lifesaving programs to those who serve in u.s. missions and are now in danger as a result of the end of that service. the tali

mr. conyers for his statement. >> thank you chairman goodlatte and members of the committee.s citizenship and immigration service services are vital in examining the young people that are coming across our southern border. and i want to suggest that before we leave for five weeks that we try to ease the deportation of children and appropriate emergency funds. bus we have too few judges, too few asylum offices. we have 243 immigration judges. for 375,000 cases. we're talking about a more than four-year backlog, my colleagues. and, so, youngsters with valid claim should have a speedier way to have that determined. now, more -- those without valid claims, i'm sorry to say, should be sent back. but that determination is what democracy is all about. and it's our responsibility. to be careful in how we do this. i know the strong feelings about these youngsters pouring over here. but the question is how do we dispose of it consistent with democratic principles that will guide us. and nowhere should this be more keenly felt than the house judiciary committee itself. so, we must deter

mr. chairman good of to you join us. thanks for your perspective. bob goodlatte of virginia. >> you heard the criticism.n this huge immigration crisis. joining us is cecilia munoz. you heard what the chairman of the judiciary committee said. if you tweak the law, you are not going to have this problem. are you are eddie to win support for the $3.7 billion emergency request to make modifications in that 2008 law that president bush signed? >> yes. what the chairman failed to recognize was a week ago the president sent a letter to congress urging them to work with him in tweaking that law giving the secretary of homeland security more authority to treat children from noncontiguous countries the same way we treat children from mexico. we are looking to adding to our authorities and using the resource we have to make sure we are working with countries of central mexico and with mexico to deal with root causes and create facilities for surging immigration asylum officers. surging resources we have to deal with new arrivals to make sure we can handle humanitarian claims expeditiously. also make sure we are re

judiciary committee chairman goodlatte for his fort right suggestions that made -- forth right suggestions that made this a worthy consideration by the house. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back the remainder of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. pitts: mr. speaker, i urge all of my colleagues to support this bipartisan legislation and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the ill h.r. 4709, as amended. all those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from washington rise? mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on the bill h.r. 4315. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. pursuant to house resolution 693 and rule 18, the chair declar

mr. horsford, touched on this earlier. last month the judiciary committee held a hearing and they brought in fbi director james comey and went over this. and chairman goodlatte asked him, can you explain why there's an investigation given that the president said there was not even a smidgen or a scintilla of corruption? and director comey, the director of the fbi said, i mean don't disrespect to the president or anybody else who has expressed a view about the matter, but i don't care about anyone's characterization of it. ikea and my trips care only about the facts. as -- there's an investigation because there was a reasonable basis to believe that crimes me been committed, and so we are conducting that investigation. deputy general cole do you agree with the fbi director's assessment that outside characterization, even by the president of the united states, have no bearing on a particular investigation? >> that's correct. outside characterization is i anybody have no bearing on our investigation. >> when you talk about career prosecutors, line prosecutors, career investigators, does not apply to these people? >> it does. these are all career justice departm

mr. griffin, would you elaborate on the importance of fair market value for all music performances? i think you all pretty well did that close to unanimously in response to chairman goodlatte's question. >> it was hard for me to hear the end of your point. >> elaborate on the importance of fair market value for all music performances, and do you feel that royalty standards are harmonized or need some massaging? >> i do think that music should receive its fair market value. there's no question about that. i think it's essential that in order to do so we track music and its owners such that we can identify them and those who participated in them so we can get them the money they deserve that the market provides. today that money often disappears on its way to the creator. >> thank you for that, sir. mr. miller, i've been asked to put these four questions -- three questions to you -- that may or may not be applicable to today's hearing. do you know bluegrass? do you know tom t. hall? can you play the fiddle? >> well, that's ironic. i do. i grew up in kentucky playing the fiddle. i came to nashville as a fiddle player. my first job in nashville was playing fiddle for tom t. hall