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Barbara Mikulski
@barbaramikulski· Democratic · MD· Apr 22, 2013

We want to thank you for the job that Homeland Security did do.

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Ben Cardin
@bencardin· Democratic · MD· Apr 22, 2013

Your story is not only inspirational, it gives us hope that we can choose the right decisions in life.

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Ben Cardin
@bencardin· Democratic · MD· Apr 22, 2013

We have a responsibility to make sure they are safe. The system failed in your case.

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Ben Cardin
@bencardin· Democratic · MD· Apr 22, 2013

If you do not mind me just commenting quickly, there is an undermining of trusts between governments and citizens when the government has custody of a child and the relatives are not notified.

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Steny Hoyer
@stenyhoyer· Democratic · MD· Apr 18, 2013

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield to my friend from Virginia, the majority leader, for the purposes of inquiring about the schedule for the week to come.

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Steny Hoyer
@stenyhoyer· Democratic · MD· Apr 18, 2013

I thank the gentleman for his observation. If I can, there is some irony in the gentleman's response. We've been talking about two items: one, the going to conference on the budget, which does, in fact, deal with prospective spending, a…

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Steny Hoyer
@stenyhoyer· Democratic · MD· Apr 18, 2013

I thank the gentleman for his comments. I want to say I have a lot of respect, as the gentleman knows and I have expressed on this floor, for Mr. Ryan. I think Mr. Ryan is a very able and dedicated and conscientious Member of this House. I…

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Steny Hoyer
@stenyhoyer· Democratic · MD· Apr 18, 2013

I thank the majority leader for the information on the business for next week. I would observe that he and I cochaired, the honorary cochairs, with John Lewis, of course, the chair, our leader, along with Terri Sewell, Spencer Bachus, and…

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Dutch Ruppersberger
@dutchruppersberger· Democratic · MD· Apr 18, 2013

I rise to claim the time in opposition to this amendment even though I'm not opposed. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Maryland is recognized for 5 minutes.

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Dutch Ruppersberger
@dutchruppersberger· Democratic · MD· Apr 18, 2013

I thank Congressman Paulsen for his work on this bill. I support his amendment with the sense of Congress to encourage international cooperation with regard to cybersecurity whenever possible under this bill. Given that cyber threats are…

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Dutch Ruppersberger
@dutchruppersberger· Democratic · MD· Apr 18, 2013

I rise to claim the time in opposition even though I am not opposed to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Maryland is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

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Dutch Ruppersberger
@dutchruppersberger· Democratic · MD· Apr 18, 2013

First, I would like to thank Congressman Barton for his work on the bill. You've made the bill stronger, and we want to make sure that there is no perception that people's privacies are being violated. I support Congressman Barton's…

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Dutch Ruppersberger
@dutchruppersberger· Democratic · MD· Apr 18, 2013

First thing, I want to thank the ranking member, Mr. Thompson, and I want to thank Mr. McCaul and Mr. Rogers for coming together. That's what we're elected to do, to come together in a bipartisan way and to deal with difficult issues. And…

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Dutch Ruppersberger
@dutchruppersberger· Democratic · MD· Apr 18, 2013

Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 288, nays 127, not voting 17, as follows…

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Dutch Ruppersberger
@dutchruppersberger· Democratic · MD· Apr 18, 2013

Mr. Chair, I rise to claim time in opposition, even though I am not opposed to the amendment. The CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Maryland is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

Congressional Record · 2013-04-18