I don't think we've shown much of any progress and for all the time and money put into it, that's very disappointing.

Well, Madam Secretary, I don't know how you're doing, but I'm exhausted.

I certainly agree that it does concern me a great deal, but that is not new ground.

For all the talk about the 50 witnesses we interviewed and all the emails that we saw, there was nothing new that my colleagues could point to that was knew or shed different light on the events that happened.

I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Becerra), the chairman of the House Democratic Caucus.

I am pleased to yield 5 minutes to the gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Lowey), the ranking member of the Committee on Appropriations.

I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Visclosky), the ranking member of the Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on Defense.

Just to take a brief moment to respond to my colleague from California. I wish it were so simple that a credible alternative was the passage of a bill in Congress that had not passed before that we could pass now and, through the mere act…

I yield myself an additional minute. The answer, as far as I can discern from the opposition to the deal, is this: This is how the alternative would work. Congress rejects the deal. Congress, the administration, then, somehow goes out and…

I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Pelosi), the distinguished minority leader.

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I thank the gentleman. Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of the work of my colleagues from Massachusetts and from Texas. This is a superb amendment that will help us track foreign fighters, and I am proud to support it.

I thank my colleague from New York (Mr. Crowley) for yielding and for his work on this amendment. I am very happy to support it. Diversity and language skills are critical to national security. Together, they allow the intelligence…

I claim the time in opposition, even though I am not opposed. The CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from California is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

I want to thank the gentlewoman from Arizona for her amendment, as well as the gentleman from Pennsylvania. I am proud to support it. Behind ISIL's rapid and dangerous rise are its many sources of illicit funding. This amendment expresses…

First, I want to say thank you to Chairman Nunes. This Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 is our third major piece of legislation together, and it once again demonstrates the fruits of our commitment to bipartisanship. We…

At this time I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Engel), the ranking member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

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I want to thank the gentlemen from Texas and Massachusetts for their amendment, which I am proud to support. The trafficking of wildlife by terrorist organizations is an important issue, not only because it threatens to wipe out elephants…

My amendment would strike the sections of the bill which would undermine the administration's ability to close the prison at Guantanamo by transferring the remaining detainees to the United States for further disposition of their cases or…

I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California will be postponed. Amendment No. 7 Offered by Mr. Rooney of Florida The CHAIR. It is now…

I want to thank the gentleman from Florida and the gentlewoman from Alabama, both HPSCI colleagues, for their amendment, and I am happy to support it. This amendment furthers two important goals: first, to ensure that academic programs…