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I believe in a more limited federal government, and I believe that a balance is necessary.

I believe that current regulations that we have in place seem to be doing the job.

I thank the gentlewoman from Tennessee for her leadership on this important issue. Madam Speaker, there is a rule in the House of Representatives that any little child who is a guest of ours can come right down here and be in the well with…

The time for intelligent action, learning from the past, doing it right, doing it with long-term vision, and doing it in a way that is reliable for public-private partnerships to come about to invest in infrastructure, is well past time.

The time for action is now.

Again, let me just reiterate my deep thanks to the chairman for his leadership on this. This is a tough one, and he is working aggressively to try to get to the heart of a prudential and good decision. Let me thank, again, the gentleman…

I thank the gentleman for his comments. Mr. Chairman, I commend the chairman for trying to work with me. This is a difficult position. The chairman has a very difficult task here of balancing competing ends. I really appreciate the way in…

First of all, it is my understanding that our chairman, Chairman Simpson, as well as Ranking Member Kaptur actually support this amendment. I want to express my gratitude to the chairman for working with me and thinking critically as to…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 29, line 15, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $13,802,000) (increased by $10,000,000) (increased by…

Let me thank the distinguished gentleman from Utah (Mr. Bishop), the chairman of the House Committee on Natural Resources, and the distinguished gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Grijalva), who is the ranking member on the committee, as well as…

DHS was created in large part to be the Nation's first line of defense against domestic terror attacks, and obviously nuclear weapons are our greatest threat.

What would give you comfort----

I think that Senator Booker asked a lot of great questions about the relative threats between Northern and Southern Border.

American agricultural trade is a tremendous story.

I think you also have to look at the regulations that are currently out there, one dealing with medical devices.

But, shouldn't it be policy that's driving decisions that are made, and not looking at the limits that we may or may not be facing with resources?

Thank you all. I would invite you to join us in the SCIF for a classified briefing.

When you're looking at cyber and you're looking at technology, how are you going to speed that up