Congress must ensure that, when it comes to FOIA, agencies are following the law.

Nothing makes government more accountable than making its actions open and transparent to those that are paying the bills.

never tell Members of Congress that you have $6 billion in reserves because that money will be spent in some other way.

I represent a rural district. I'm just wondering what the burden is.

I thank the gentleman from Ohio, and I yield to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Brat).

I thank the gentleman from Virginia. I yield to the gentleman from West Virginia.

I thank the gentleman from West Virginia. Bribery, corruption, and fraud, throughout my tenure as a State and Federal prosecutor, I saw all of these evils and more. I am disappointed to say that the words I once used to describe…

Do you think that the immigration policies of the administration that have encouraged hundreds of thousands of people to cross the border illegally, does that have an effect on morale at your agency?

It's that kind of regulatory burden that we put on job creators that's causing us problems.

If we can't, as a government, create more certainty so that business people can grow, we will never deal with the $18.3 trillion debt that we now have.

But if you give that one a chance and you don't give this one a chance, Senator Buck, then you go to the Department of Justice.

the sense of mission is becoming frayed.

if there is anything we can do in terms of legislation to help in that way, I certainly would welcome the opportunity.

The prohibition is you cannot conduct government business using private email accounts.

``. . . they shall be in addition to those appointed by the States, but they shall be considered, for the purposes of the election of President and Vice President, to be electors appointed by a State; and they shall meet in the District…

We must not let those numbers be so large that we become desensitized.

I really want to credit Carissa that the similarities are more than the differences.

Since then we have been privileged to be a leader in the Texas State legislature in that fight against this abhorrent slavery.

We tackled that demand. We changed the law to allow the creation of the First Offender Prosecution Prevention Program in our State.

We need to be back in the land of reality, as I call it, to hear these kinds of stories and to deal with these kinds of atrocities...

We are really proud to be working with Representative Bass' office on the child welfare system.

Thank you, Chairman Royce.