Mr. President, children raised in loving and supportive households grow up to become more productive individuals, benefiting both the individual child and society at large. However, housing instability is linked to poor outcomes for…

There has been some speculation that the attack in Paris... may have even rushed them to try to take the sting out of some bad messaging about battlefield challenges.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I am interested in your anti-radicalization messaging in the Middle East.

There is a moderate voice in Iraq that is being raised--i.e., 'Raise Your Voice'--that otherwise was not being heard.

So your philosophy is that a data is compromised through a contractor, that is their problem, not your problem?

Perhaps this should be the first of a recurring set of hearings to gauge successes and shortfalls across agencies when it comes to protecting the vast amount of sensitive information held by the Federal Government.

Every Federal agency ought to be reassessing its own information security protocols and reinforcing efforts to detect and deter cyber attacks and other threats.

I appreciate the opportunity to examine the information technology and security programs and practices within the Department of Education and the Federal Student Aid program.

That is very troubling in light of the OPM breach.

I exhort you to do what you can not only in clarifying that grade, but more importantly, the spirit of this is improvement

This isn't a bureaucratic, you know, checklist process. What we are concerned about is efficiency, reliability, and security.

I think we'll be vulnerable, too, when it comes to people from Syria, when we can't get access to those databases.

Yet this reality is not clearly seen by our President.

Then why aren't they being prosecuted for those violations related to firearms?

We can query our database till the cows come home, but there will be nothing to show up because we have no record on that person.

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table the bill (H.R. 639) to amend the Controlled Substances Act with respect to drug scheduling recommendations by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and with…

In the case of Syria, you can't go to the government offices in that country. They're in disarray.