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Paul Gosar
@paulgosar· Republican · AZ· Feb 29, 2016

Five days of public comment for people around there is an adequate statement, right?

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Paul Gosar
@paulgosar· Republican · AZ· Feb 29, 2016

One of President Obama's signature pledges on the campaign trail was to run 'the most transparent administration in U.S. history.'

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Paul Gosar
@paulgosar· Republican · AZ· Feb 29, 2016

Your agency sent us a crap sandwich, comprised entirely of other Members' written questions to you during last year's budget hearings without your response. A third-grader could have provided this. Shame. And you wonder why we have…

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Paul Gosar
@paulgosar· Republican · AZ· Feb 29, 2016

Three times, Representative Ann Kirkpatrick and I have sent the Park Service a bipartisan letter asking the agency to withdraw a fundamentally flawed historical place nomination for Oak Flat.

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Paul Gosar
@paulgosar· Republican · AZ· Feb 29, 2016

When are we going to start taking the loads out of the forest so that we do not have these exorbitant catastrophic fires?

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Paul Gosar
@paulgosar· Republican · AZ· Feb 29, 2016

In December 2014 you stated in a poorly worded press release, 'The Oak Flat area has significant religious, cultural, historical, and archeological value.' If you never visited there, how can you make such a claim?

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Scott Perry
@scottperry· Republican · PA· Feb 29, 2016

Today I focus my remarks on one decision of particular concern with many of our fellow Members of the House...

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Steny Hoyer
@stenyhoyer· Democratic · MD· Feb 29, 2016

Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend from New York (Mr. Jeffries) for his excellent presentation. I want to thank Mr. Scott, who, as the gentleman observed, is one of the leaders in this Congress on the Constitution and on the law and on equal…

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Jim Costa
@jimcosta· Democratic · CA· Feb 29, 2016

This has impacted farm communities, farm workers, and farmers.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Feb 29, 2016

there are risks in developing this software that have been articulated very well during this hearing, and indeed, there are risks associated with an inability to access critical information.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Feb 29, 2016

But in addition to that, you said repeatedly that the government doesn't have the ability to do this already.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Feb 29, 2016

Thank you, Director Comey, for your service to our country. Thank you for being here today and for the outstanding work of the men and women at the FBI.

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Jim Costa
@jimcosta· Democratic · CA· Feb 29, 2016

For over 20 years, we have had an increasing layer of regulatory requirements that have reduced the water supply from 90 percent to 40 percent.

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Feb 29, 2016

But don't you think it's hard to even imagine how a court ultimately enforces that, because you have to sort of get into the head of the engineers to figure out did they actually comply with what the government order is directing them to…

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Feb 29, 2016

So do you agree, Director Comey, that if there is authority to be given to do what you're asking, that that authority has to come from Congress?

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Feb 29, 2016

So you have, in fact, sort of already contemplated other ways in which you could make this information available in this case that would not have those sorts of broader implications?

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David Cicilline
@davidcicilline· Democratic · RI· Feb 29, 2016

it sounds as if you think that is problematic and that, in fact, the real answer is a substantial increased investment in the intelligence capability

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Jared Huffman
@jaredhuffman· Democratic · CA· Feb 29, 2016

I think Americans want to know that those that were responsible, the law breakers, are going to reimburse us, and that the taxpayers are not going to pick up the tab for this joy ride that these criminals took with public property.

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