John Mica

Something sure as hell is rotten in Washington.

I believe that investments make a difference.

This is one of the smallest subcommittees in Congress.

I have not been happy with any changes from either this committee or the Transportation Committee

It's appropriate that you're both here today.

This report was prepared by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration to see if groups were targeted. And it confirmed that.

The law says that--the Federal records law requires that the National Archives be noticed when documents are destroyed or lost.

I would take great difference with that comment.

We believe we've completed our production to the Ways and Means Committee and all the documents that are asked for in light of these document productions.

An entire administration and one of the biggest scandals in government was back during Watergate.

I know him to be a good public servant. I'm a little bit baffled.

This targeting began sometime in March or April of 2010.

I mean, we've had law enforcement people, we've had prosecutorial folks, we have the head of the DEA, we've got ONDCP, a whole bunch of people going in different directions on this.

And the second thing is across the country there's been a wave of votes and legislative actions to take us into using marijuana or some of its derivatives--I'm not going to be technically accurate here--for medical beneficial purposes.

Rescheduling marijuana to a Schedule III drug would enable Jennifer to leave the State of Colorado for visits home to her friends and family back in Virginia.

The fact that cocaine is Substance II and marijuana is Substance I tells you a lot about how skewed the United States' policy--Federal policy is with respect to this drug.

I don't believe that we--that the testimony we've heard today in any way reinforces how dangerous this drug is and it needs to be a Substance I drug.

The problem of drug use is not solved with drugs.

So, in fact, what was testified by ONDCP, in fact, is true, that you have so much more potent marijuana on the streets and in the marketplace today.

This is not acceptable. I will work with you, whatever steps we need to take to try to bring this agency into control.

This place is out of control, board members resigning, chaos in one of our most important safety oversight agencies.

This is an important responsibility with an important mission, isn't that right?

In September of 2013, there was a seven day letter informing Congress of the Chemical Safety Board's refusal to cooperate in an investigation.

Mr. Mica, yes, we received a lot of feedback from employees of CSB alleging that they were being retaliated against.

I thank the chairman and look forward to working with him to maintain and expand our national infrastructure. I am pleased to yield back the balance of my time. Amendment Offered by Mr. Grijalva