It is not sufficient to say the Air Force consulted with Army Headquarters at the Pentagon regarding the future of the 440th.

Is this decision in keeping with the intent of the Senate Armed Services Committee as made clear in the NDAA regarding the mandatory report on the future of the C-130 fleet?

When will the Air Force provide this information?

It was about Mr. Hernandez, who has allegedly murdered four people down in North Carolina, actually in my hometown.

I think my dollar would be better spent partnering with Mexico.

Which southern border?

I thank my good friend from Utah (Mr. Stewart). Madam Speaker, on November 4, 1979, the American Embassy in Tehran was seized and Iranians held 50 American hostages for more than 444 days. Each year, on November 4, Iranians celebrate death…

Madam Speaker, I thank our ranking member for yielding. As the gentlewoman from New York suggests, the account of the history of this bill that Chairman Rogers has just given needs to go back a bit further. The original failure in this…

Where do we go from here? Where does this end? Some kind of conference? We already have a conference report. It is the bipartisan Homeland Security bill. {time} 1130 That can pass today. We can put that on the floor, and it would pass in a…

As we start to look at this information, it is critical that, regardless of the fact that there are not a number of reporters and cameras here, there is probably no component of transparency that is more critical to the American people…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today, yet again, in support of a clean Homeland Security funding bill. First, Mr. Speaker, however, I want to thank my colleague, Patrick McHenry, for the tribute he gave a few moments ago to his predecessor in the…

In order to restore trust, you have to have that transparency.

It is those hardworking American taxpayers that really fund everything that we do.

What we have seen over and over again is a lack of compliance, a lack of transparency.

I would like to say that, if you have policy recommendations, the ranking member and I were discussing we would love to hear it and we consider this a priority and we will take action on that.

Transparency is the lifeblood of democracy, and if a government is truly of the people, by the people, and for the people, the American people need to know what our government is doing on their behalf.

Mr. President, I wish to pay special tribute to Tyler Stephens, a key member of my staff on the Select Committee on Intelligence. Tyler will leave us shortly to join the private sector. I am honored to have the opportunity to publicly…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, while current Federal policy started with good intentions, burdensome and prescriptive regulations have created confusion for school districts and limited school participation and…