The Department of Homeland Security reports to over 100.

Congress needs to do to become far more effective and efficient in our oversight capability.

That would be a bright line problem, I mean, improper, if not illegal.

I want to thank you, Mr. Chairman and Ranking Member Collins, for holding this really important hearing.

if we can really have that cooperative relationship, and again, I have the greatest respect for Senator Carper and Senator Coburn

I think we have seen what I would believe would be improper contact between the Inspector General's Office and the General Counsel of the Department of Homeland Security.

I want to focus my question on a concern I raised with you last week with regard to a property in Wisconsin that we refer to as the Badger Army Ammunition Plant.

I appreciate the chairman's longstanding commitment to extending quality affordable dental care to all Americans.

The claim for transparency, Mr. Director, isn't being met.

You are here to protect consumers, and you are taking this financial data...

Thank you, Representative Schakowsky. In fact, when you talked about that, according to the Economic Policy Institute, the average family expense for a typical family in Chicago is $73,055. That $600 allotment for rent is hardly enough…

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I thank Representative Lowenthal. On behalf of the Progressive Caucus, thank you for showing some of the other issues we're working on. We're fighting for equality for every single person across the country. We want everyone to have access…

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Mr. Speaker, I move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 4 o'clock and 36 minutes p.m.), under its previous order, the House adjourned until tomorrow, Thursday, September 12, 2013, at 9 a.m…

Madam President, I come to speak to the important debate we are having about the most sobering issue I face as a Senator, as a Wisconsinite, and as an American--the issue of military action by the United States. Let me start by saying that…