I would just like to respond that there is no legislative program in the State Department like this. You can't transfer it there. They are not operative in these countries, so to say that this could be moved over--look, you were in…

I wish the gentlewoman had made that same speech when we were discussing defense, the biggest spending bill we have, but she didn't offer this amendment at all. I happen to come from a State where the legislators didn't have enough guts to…

I thank the gentlewoman from Florida for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I rise on this bill, as a member of the subcommittee, with very mixed emotions. There are some very good things in this bill, but there is also some bad stuff. The question…

Tonight I must rise to voice my concerns with the USA Freedom Act. While I recognize the improvements this bill attempts to make with regard to mass surveillance and information gathering efforts, I simply cannot vote for this bill. I was…

There are countless reasons why my colleagues should reject H.R. 36, the misnamed Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. I am unequivocally opposed to the substance of the bill and the process by which it arrived on the House Floor…

It is simply shocking that in this day and age employees are still being discriminated against because of their reproductive health choices, such as whether or not to use birth control, undergo in vitro fertilization to get pregnant, or…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I hope that you heard the amendment because it said nothing about the doctor's ability to issue a prescription for use of medical marijuana. This simply lifts a gag order. Now, these…

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Chairman, as we continue to cut, squeeze, and trim the Federal budget, we have a responsibility to ensure that our Federal agencies operate as efficiently as possible. I know that we both have examples in our…

Why not try to use more--if we can only present 6 percent of our applications, why not use your resources to look at the whole of a State in what you are trying to do?

Crisis is a terrible thing to waste.

Look, I think the difficulty we are having and the reason we are asking these questions is the Department just seems to be not admitting that there was a real screw-up here and mistakes were made, people weren't adequately trained or…

I mean, you ought to abide by the same standards that university research labs have to do, which are under the Animal Welfare Act and do get inspected by the APHIS.