Adam Schiff

I think that the presentment clause bears reexamination in light of some of the changes threats that we face

I know there is a bump in the President's budget to accelerate our handling of the MLATs and I just want to acknowledge that I think that would be money very well invested.

If I can turn to an international challenge, that is Americans coming back from Syria that may have been radicalized.

Are there any changes in the FBI practice or protocol that have been brought about as a result of Boston?

I mean I would imagine a downside is you are also telling your adversaries what airlines do not use proper security.

And I cannot imagine this committee or this Congress without Chairman Wolf.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California will be postponed. Amendment No. 74 Offered by Ms. Speier The Acting CHAIR. It is…

I want to yield to my colleague from Indiana. Before I do, two quick points. No one is suggesting, of course, that terrorism is going to go away in 16 months or all of our problems will be over. But what we are saying with this amendment…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), add the following: Sec. _. None of the funds made…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 26, line 18, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $20,000,000)''. Page 28, line 10, after the dollar amount…

We have now seen this cable, and she did not sign it. Her name is printed at the bottom just like tens of thousands of cables sent every year from the Department.

I say for political reasons, of all the irresponsible allegations leveled over the past 2 weeks, this is the most troubling, and based on what our military commanders have told us, this allegation is simply untrue.

The claim has been directly contradicted by our Nation's top intelligence official, General James Clapper.

General Petraeus, the former head of the CIA, made it clear that the change was made to protect classified sources of information, not to spin it, not to politicize it. And it wasn't done at the direction of the White House.

I think we had the most comprehensive chronology what took place in Benghazi.

I think it really shed a lot of light minute by minute, hour by hour, what took place, and it convinced me that there was no effort to politicize the information we were being given.

I appreciate that. And that's absolutely correct. If the Justice Department determines in its view, just as you and I must, that something is constitutional and must be defended or something is unconstitutional and cannot be defended, then…

I thank the gentleman. I just want to conclude by saying I look forward to our continued work on this bill, and I appreciate the great cooperation between the chair and ranking member, and I have respect for all the members of the…

I think both the manned space flight and the robotic exploration are very complimentary.

He is tricky. He is tricky. Thank you, Congressman.

I just want to thank you for your good work with at-risk youth and to let you know the first time I appeared in this subcommittee was as a witness like yourself with Mr. Wolf chairing and talking about many of the same issues in terms of…

So I am sorry I cut you off before you went to the second question.

And certainly if we can help keep to our guns in terms of any fee diversion, I will help you a great deal.

I know you are working on setting a new fee schedule that will allow you to meet the goals for backlog and pendency.

Well, finally, I would like to just put out a recommendation, which I am sure all of my colleagues will second, that when you are considering the new patent officers you think of southern California.