111th Congress

“Confirming someone to our nation’s highest court should be done with the utmost scrutiny. Elena Kagan deserves a fair hearing that will fully explore her record, including her lack of experience both as a judge and as a practicing attorney and her troubling decision to ban military recruiters from Harvard Law School when she was Dean. If she is confirmed by the Senate it is my hope that she bases her decisions strictly on the Constitution and does not legislate from the bench based on her personal political beliefs.”

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressmen Jim Langevin (D-RI) and Michael McCaul (R-TX) today introduced a bill that will establish strong, centralized oversight to protect our nation’s critical information infrastructure and design a comprehensive policy for operating in cyberspace.

“The citizens of Puerto Rico already possess the ability to express their territory’s political status and no action from the United States Congress is needed. While I favor Puerto Rico reaching a conclusion of its territorial status that has been clouded for over 100 years, it has become clear that this legislation could become the first step in the long process of achieving statehood and therefore I voted against it.”