I don't care which party is in power. It was about a dead Border Patrol agent and holding the institutions of government responsible for what they have done.

I naively thought the attorney general, as the top law enforcement official in the Department of Justice, was that independent entity that we could trust.

I think Senator DeMint had a really interesting concept.

When you have a dead law enforcement officer, the next words out of your mouth are I want to know everything there possibly is to know about how this happened.

I think this is a system that has to work quickly. Because if you are in a house with no furniture and a new job, you are likely to pay the ransom in order to get your furniture.

If a consumer finds herself in the trouble that Ms. Kovalcik did, how do they know who to call for help to get their goods released?

What we need to know is what we can do about the problems. I have gotten a sense from what has been said today that this is not a matter of us needing more laws, but more enforcement of our laws.

It would seem like on every contract, whether you are a broker or a mover actually with the trucks, that it should have a number to call if there is a problem.

Thank you, Madam Chairwoman, for your leadership on this very important issue. I want to pause to thank the gentleman from New York (Mr. Higgins) for his leadership on the other side of the aisle. Last week, Congress took a rare break from…

the decision on Friday by the leadership of the House to basically cancel all the session days that were scheduled in October, to basically leave town for 7 weeks, you know, that does not comply with the spirit of Senator Gramm's…

Secretary Panetta has indicated this could lead to a hollow force.

The American people are very concerned.

I personally believe that there still is a center in this place that is ready to roll up its sleeves and find a path between the two sides.

We did this. We passed that idiotic law that now have put you in a situation where we now want you to solve the dilemma that we didn't have the courage not to do.

It is up to us. It is up to us.

I am particularly concerned, General Dunford.

Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday, the 11th anniversary of September 11, 2001, there was a cowardly, murderous terrorist attack at the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Our Embassy was breached in Cairo, Egypt, with the American flag being…

I thank the gentleman from New Jersey. I saw the gentleman from Maryland this morning on television. It was the first time I had heard, Madam Speaker, of his proposal. So I had a chance to take a look at it today, and I also had a chance…