Jane Harman: “Mr. Chairman, a number of speakers have commented on the courage and sacrifice of intelligence community personnel who…”

“Mr. Chairman, a number of speakers have commented on the courage and sacrifice of intelligence community personnel who work in the shadows in austere lands. As we debate this bill, their lives are at risk and we owe them and their families our heartfelt thanks and total support. We also owe them better tools, including an organization that equips them to meet 21st-century threats. We are using a 1947 business model designed to defeat an enemy that no longer exists. It is time, Mr. Chairman, way past time for change. And this debate needs to focus on what change will truly help our intelligence community transition to the capabilities necessary to meet 21st-century threats. When you think about that, and you compare H.R. 10 to the Menendez substitute, a substitute which is battle-tested, which passed the other body 96 to 2 just last night with every single Republican voting for it, there is absolutely no contest. The Menendez substitute is much stronger, much better, and much more bipartisan than H.R. 10.”