Let me begin by thanking Chairman Frelinghuysen and Ranking Member Visclosky for their cooperation in preparing this commonsense amendment. My amendment would carve out $2 million within the $504 million intelligence community management…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 39, line 12, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $2,000,000) (increased by $2,000,000)''. The Acting CHAIR…

I appreciate the gentleman's comments, and I can certainly sum up quickly to say that I think it is important that we understand how effectively suicide prevention programs at the Department of Defense, the VA, and the Consumer Financial…

I thank the gentleman. If I may make one comment in response to the ranking member and then yield to the chairman, there has been a lot of concern in this House about people going public with concerns about activities in the intelligence…

Yesterday, Speaker Boehner said he was not qualified to debate the science of climate change, but he was confident that all plans to deal with climate change would hurt jobs and our economy. Mr. Speaker, I am a scientist, but that doesn't…

I thank the gentleman. Madam Chair, I should point out, first of all, that as a percentage of our economy, the Federal Government's support for scientific research is half of what it was back when I was in college many decades ago. The…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 13, line 21, and page 14, lines 8 and 9, after the dollar amounts insert ``(increased by $37,450,000)(reduced by…

I thank the gentleman. I certainly appreciate the very admirable Chairman Wolf and my good friend from Pennsylvania (Mr. Fattah) for the work they have put into crafting this bill. Madam Chair, however, I do have some serious concerns…

Is there any American who doesn't think that this is a search, when it comes to gathering, by any common understanding?

I thank the gentleman, and I recognize the work that Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Scott, and others have put into this, but it still falls woefully short. This legislation still allows the government to collect…

I missed the following votes on May 21, 2014: on rollcall vote 223, a motion to Adjourn, I would have voted ``no;'' on rollcall vote 224, a motion to Adjourn, I would have voted ``no;'' on rollcall vote 225, on agreeing to the Blumenauer…

Education policy suffers because policy maker were all once students themselves. As a result, they think they know what works and how students learn. The best antidote for self-serving, self-centered policy makers is evidence. Evidence has…