Barry Loudermilk

It is not the intention, as has been mentioned several times, for this Committee to rewrite history.

Any retaliation is unacceptable. I think I speak for both Democrats and Republicans when I say this Committee will aggressively protect whistleblowers from any internal retaliation.

The Subcommittee on Oversight will come to order.

I think the big issue that most of us are looking at is that Congress was very intentional when we drafted legislation for FinCEN.

First of all, as I brought up Senate Bill 202 reduced the problems within the lines.

I agree with my colleague from Alabama. That is why the State of Georgia, with Senate Bill 202, fixed this problem.

I want to thank Mr. Kilmer for his serious amendment.

This amendment amends the Higher Education Act, which is not within our jurisdiction.

I think this is a good amendment, and we can, on a bipartisan basis, agree on this.

Look, as I have said before in other hearings, transparency and accountability are important to the American people.

I appreciate Mr. Kilmer bringing this up.

First of all, because of Senate Bill 202 pretty much the longest lines that people waited in, in this last election was about 30 minutes, which is much lower than it had been in the past.

I urge my colleagues to support this amendment.

Yes, I also have concerns with this amendment because it would circumvent a lot of State laws.

I was in a special election. I was replaced.

However, this is clearly within the States' purview and it is a States issue, and I will oppose it.

I oppose the massive amendment that is sitting on our desk.

Now, my calculation, that is about a 300-percent increase. Now, I know the entire Nation has been affected by the out-of-control Biden-flation that we have right now.

I look forward to bringing accountability and transparency to an office that has historically operated in the dark.

Substance abuse is an issue impacting Americans across the country, and I encourage all who struggle with this to seek help.

I think we need a Constitutional amendment to force us to do that, and I think we can get there.

I have a bill that I have introduced every Congress, and I will be introducing again I believe this week or next, which is a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution that requires Congress to balance within 10 years.

I supported what you were doing in the legislature because I think it was going in the right direction.

I am focused on identifying the security failures leading up to and on January 6, 2021.

I just want to make sure that we are not missing something that we are looking into.