I want to thank the gentlemen from Ohio, Alabama, and New York for their amendment, which I am proud to support. This amendment requires the Director of National Intelligence to provide an assessment on funding of political parties and…

I want to thank the gentleman and my good friend from California for his amendment, which I am very happy to support. An important role of Congress and of this bill is to ensure that our intelligence agencies protect sensitive information…

I would like to thank the gentleman from South Carolina for his important amendment. There is a limit to how effective a defensive cyber strategy can be because, while we have to defend everything at all times, our adversaries get to…

Social media, like any other form of communication, can be exploited by bad actors for nefarious purposes. While we are lucky to live in a time of remarkable innovation that brings us closer to one another no matter what our geographical…

With respect to my colleague, we have a strategy with respect to defeating al Qaeda and ISIL, with respect to the war in Syria and Iraq. It is a comprehensive strategy and, frankly, it is a difficult strategy to implement. It is a strategy…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 247, noes 178, not voting 8, as follows: [Roll No. 369] AYES--247…

I thank the gentleman, and I thank him for his excellent amendment and support in the intelligence process. With each passing day, we are learning more about the cyber breach at the Office of Personnel Management. The volume of personal…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chair, working with international partners is an essential element of the IC's mission to understand the global threat environment, as well as the political, social, and economic trends around the…

I thank my colleague from Massachusetts, who has been an active and important voice on national security since he joined the Congress several years ago. In particular, he has worked to ensure that we maintain a strong focus on information…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. We expect timely briefs on all major cyber attacks, but in this case, I agree, we need to require specific reporting and briefing on the impacts of the recent OPM breach. We need to learn far more about…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank Mr. Israel, Mr. Lamborn, and Ms. Graham for this very important amendment and issue. This will call for a report on our adversaries' use of tunnels and an update on our collaboration with…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. I want to urge support for this amendment. This is one of the few areas of disagreement between the chairman and myself. When we look at how we are progressing or the lack of more progress in our…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike sections 321, 322, 323, and 331. The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 315, the gentleman from California…

I thank the gentleman and would like to respond to my colleague's points. First of all, the effect of this is not to end funding immediately. The effect of this would end funding in 9 months if we fail to take up and pass an authorization…

10 months ago, we entered into the war against ISIS. During the course of that war, we have put our pilots and other servicemembers at considerable risk, and we have suffered casualties. We have expended hundreds of millions, if not…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act…

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 offered by mr. walberg

May I inquire how much time I have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining.

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 Offered by Mr. Posey

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill, (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this…

I just want to make one final point. This amendment had bipartisan support last year. It came within just three or four votes of passage. Because of the unique situation facing the Burbank Airport, I would urge unique consideration of…

On April 24, the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide, runners and cyclists set out from Los Angeles on the Race for Recognition. I had the great pleasure of riding the first 28 miles of their journey with them. On May 7, they…

I thank the gentleman for yielding me the time, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. First, let me say thank you to Chairman Goodlatte and Ranking Member Conyers as well as to my colleague, Chairman Nunes. We have worked this…

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Himes).

Once again I want to thank my colleagues for their good work. I also want to acknowledge Mr. Sensenbrenner for his strong advocacy on this measure. With that, I yield back the balance of my time. {time} 1515