Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Johnson). Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. Speaker, I thank Congresswoman Beatty for yielding, thank her for her friendship, and thank her for all that she does not just for the Congressional Black Caucus, but for all that she does for the constituents that she represents back…

I am asking for your consideration of H.R. 210, which is the Student Exemption Act.

This particular Act is very specific in that it would actually exempt those student workers.

We were very encouraged to get endorsements from a variety of associations and institutions of higher learning.

Mr. Speaker, for more than 50 years, May 15 has been recognized as Peace Officers Memorial Day, and the calendar week in which May 15 falls is National Police Week. During National Police Week, we honor those law enforcement officers who…

As far as I know, everybody getting a four year degree wants a vocation, therefore, my attitude is all education is vocational education.

I am a big proponent, as my colleagues know, of apprenticeships, internships, on-the-job.

Mr. President, I appreciate the comments of my colleague, the senior Senator from North Carolina. I welcome Pastor Chris, his lovely wife, and friends of the Steward family who came to visit this great Capitol and to grace us with his…

Mr. Speaker, today I rise to recognize the 68th anniversary of the independence of the State of Israel. The United States and Israel have long maintained a strong friendship, and our two countries share much more in common than many…

Mr. President, I rise today to welcome a constituent, the senior pastor of Lee Park Church in Monroe, NC, Chris Justice, to the Senate. Chris's story is an inspiring one. In 2005, Chris was a well-known broadcaster on dual television…

Today, with more than a billion individuals on Facebook, what a person says and does on social media can often give a better insight on who they really are.

But if we're talking about social media, that would be relevant.

The good news is that using social media checks in security clearance investigation does not have to be a binary decision between big brother and an ineffective system.

The Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Subcommittee on National Security will come to order.

The goal of our background investigations must be to find out if an individual is trustworthy.

It is encouraging to see that ODNI announced this morning, in advance of today's hearing, a new policy that will allow Federal agencies to review publicly available social media information as part of the clearance investigation process.

So are you willing to look at that particular component about asking for other online identities and maybe report back...