As one of directed energy's strongest advocates up here in the Congress, I just want to recognize that technology has tremendous potential to change the game in our favor.

Thank you Mr. Chairman. And I want to thank our witnesses for testifying today on the President's fiscal year 2017 budget request for Special Operations Command [SOCOM] and special operations forces.

So do you agree, Director Comey, that if there is authority to be given to do what you're asking, that that authority has to come from Congress?

But in addition to that, you said repeatedly that the government doesn't have the ability to do this already.

But don't you think it's hard to even imagine how a court ultimately enforces that, because you have to sort of get into the head of the engineers to figure out did they actually comply with what the government order is directing them to…

An aggressive Russia continues to violate international convention in an attempt to fracture the post-Cold War vision of a Europe that is whole, free, and at peace.

it sounds as if you think that is problematic and that, in fact, the real answer is a substantial increased investment in the intelligence capability

So you have, in fact, sort of already contemplated other ways in which you could make this information available in this case that would not have those sorts of broader implications?

there are risks in developing this software that have been articulated very well during this hearing, and indeed, there are risks associated with an inability to access critical information.

Thank you, Director Comey, for your service to our country. Thank you for being here today and for the outstanding work of the men and women at the FBI.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from New Jersey for leading this Special Order hour on this very important issue. As my colleagues have mentioned, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt next…

I think the United States is not responding in ways that we ought to be to our global responsibility as reflected in the budget overall and I think that we can and should be doing more.

Mr. Speaker, last weekend, six people were murdered by a gunman on the streets of Kalamazoo, Michigan. So far this year, we have had more than 1,800 people die at the hands of a gun and more than 30 mass shootings. Congress has done…

But Mr. Bitkower, I think it is very clear that most of us on the Committee recognize that there is an important role for Congress to play in this.

I'm very concerned about the deteriorating state of the rule of law and adherence to human rights in Egypt.

Mr. President, we are here on this conflict we have over a Supreme Court nominee, which has turned into a considerable, unprecedented fuss, I believe, for a fairly simple reason. The elephant, so to speak, in the room is that the Court has…

Teachers want to be free to teach, and they want to be able to teach with regards to the time, as opposed to filling out paperwork.

The classroom teachers don't have a lot of faith in the education oversight machinery.