I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Rokita). The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes appeared to have it.

Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute to Denison Dover Garrett, a towering giant who has passed away at the age of 97. A lifelong resident of Greenville, North Carolina, we affectionately referred to Mr. Garrett by his initials, D.D. D.D…

It is important that businesses do all they can do to protect consumers from having their information fall into the wrong hands.

Thank you. My time has expired.

Well, why don't you use any type of encryption in your procedures?

Is it true that user passwords were hashed and not encrypted? Is that true?

So you're saying the Europeans are just in a different world when it comes to safety and soundness of medical devices, and there's no way for us to know a reasonable comparison?

I think is a problem when a government agency doesn't realize the impact they're having, because it's my constituents that are going to be paying this.

Are you pleased with the track record so far?

I want to ensure that my constituents have access to the lifesaving, whether it's devices or health care, medicine, or procedures possible.

So would it be fair to say, then, that those times that are reported as official time lobbying Congress are done in pursuance to a contract based on collective bargaining?

Our solemn responsibility is to hold government accountable to taxpayers.

I am going to be filing a bill that would require OPM to produce this report annually at the end of March.

And again, as I say, my bill does not do that.

I received as a Member an e-mail from an employee of the Environmental Protection Agency urging me as a Member not to support this amendment.

Americans deserve an efficient, effective government that works for them.

Given that most employees cannot collectively bargain over pay and benefits, can you discuss in detail the sorts of activities labor union representatives negotiate when on official time?

If Federal employees are on official time, can they lobby Congress?