I think part of the responsibility of the Agency you may head is unique in that it is tasked with taking on covert activities and relies in many ways upon the oversight of this committee and, frankly, the trust of the American public to…

politics has no place in your new line of business.

It's going to be an ongoing challenge. If confirmed, obviously I wish you the best. It's critically important.

It is important that all Americans fully understand the extent and the vulnerability and the implications of Russia's intervention.

your job is to search out and follow the truth regardless of where it may lead.

This was not business as usual with Russia.

I will need your public assurance that you will always seek to provide unbiased, unvarnished, and timely intelligence assessments.

I think there have been times--and we could debate those times--where clearly in the history of the Agency there have been examples where, whether it was through political pressure or otherwise, the Agency went over the edge and…

the CIA and the entire intelligence community has repeatedly and unfairly been subjected to criticism of its integrity.

Madam Clerk, when I was sick, you visited me. I vote no. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Debate is not allowed during a vote. The Senate will be in order.

Mr. Chairman, I thank my friend for yielding. Mr. Chairman, over the past 2 weeks, the majority has considered three bills on the House floor designed to undermine the ability of the executive branch to implement essential economic and…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk made in order under the rule. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 36, strike line 10 and all that follows through page 37…

Mr. Chairman, this amendment to the Regulatory Accountability Act, H.R. 5, if adopted, would exempt regulations proposed by the Mine Safety and Health Administration or the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, MSHA and OSHA…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Chairman, this amendment will preserve the ability of the executive branch to promulgate rules, which will save lives and avoid preventable deaths and disease. A vote for the…

Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Virginia will be postponed. Amendment No. 13 Offered by Mr. Tonko The Acting…

I will file that question for the record, and I would be curious as to whether there is any existing confidentiality agreement and when the agreement was entered into.

We have been grappling on this committee and in this country with unaccompanied minors coming from the Northern Triangle.

I assume you support the U.S. position that has been in place since the 1940s to do what we can, even if it is hard, to promote a two-state solution in Israel and Palestine with--a Jewish state of Israel and an independent state of…