We have pretty much been guaranteed that it will pass out of the judiciary committee.

What my message is, is that we're going to do everything in our power to help them and protect them.

Keep in mind, in Baltimore, is a city where we had the Dawson murders where seven people, a family of seven, were incinerated in their home because they simply wanted to cooperate with the police.

I think it's extremely important that we do everything in our power to protect whistleblowers.

It is so very important that we have transparency.

I believe that she saved a lot of lives.

There's opportunity for new starts. And there seems to be more international support for moving forward with a process consistent with the roadmap than we've seen of late.

I think you've given the right definition of what is meant by 'normalization of relations.'

I want to thank the chairman for taking this up as one of the first orders of business.

I will look at your testimony.

Transparency is something that we need too in our government.

I think we feel it imperative to move forward and strengthen whistleblower protections.

I just want to come and thank all of you for your testimony today, but for also having stood up as whistleblowers and put yourselves on the line.

We are going to take their statements at face value and in good faith, and we really hope that this time around we can move forward.

We are very hopeful--we are confident that we will get it out of the House again.

The Full Service Community Schools Act would fund partnerships between schools and community organizations.

President Obama has been very clear about this, and I think he will continue to focus on this.

It's top on our list.