I wonder if the gentleman from Virginia would have kept this person on for how long--weeks, months, more than a year? This individual received a bonus after more than a year. When this bill came through our committee, the amendment to say…

How much time do I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from California has 4\1/4\ minutes remaining.

In closing, Mr. Speaker, we hold these truths to be self- evident: one of them clearly is our right of free speech; another, free association. But protecting from our government is what our Constitution is all about. My Democratic friends…

Reclaiming my time, classified information said by a Federal employee has an obligation to be said in a secure location. Of course, under the law, they can say no recording devices can be here in this secure location. But of course you go…

I yield myself 15 seconds. Mr. Speaker, there was only one amendment offered by the minority, and this bill passed unanimously on a voice vote. The gentleman on the other side could have asked for a recorded vote if he objected to it; he…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, the minority whip knows the Constitution. All of us have taken time to understand it. But when we investigate real wrongdoing-- wrongdoing like the IRS, wrongdoing that the American…

I yield myself an additional 10 seconds and yield to the gentleman from Maryland.

I yield myself 10 seconds simply to say, you know, if two people take the Fifth when asked about their official conduct and there isn't a scandal, I'd be surprised to find that the gentleman from Maryland would find a scandal no matter…

I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Kelly), a longtime businessman and someone who knows firsthand about abusive governments.

I will read from the actual language, as amended, the bill before us today that says, ``Notice of rights when Federal employees engage in certain actions.'' It says: A notice of an individual's right to record conversations with employees…

I would ask what day it is, what day of the month it is. Mr. Speaker, is it the 31st day of July? Can you verify that for me? Because on the 24th of July, we amended this bill to send it to the House, and the ranking member knows full…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My amendment is not controversial, but it's critical. At a time when over $80 billion is spent and over 10 percent of it goes completely wasted on information technology purchases by the government, there has never…