I can tell that you and I are going to be close colleagues protecting civil liberties and privacy issues.

Today's hearing focuses on integrating unmanned aircraft systems, or UAS, into the national airspace.

I want to see sequestration go into place.

Promoting science as well as research and development is extremely important for America to get back on a sustainable fiscal course.

The JOBS Act will permanently reduce corporate taxes to zero and capital gains taxes to zero.

We must start making responsible decisions and choices here in Congress.

Our government is broke. Many Members of Congress are either oblivious or in denial of that fact.

My amendment would strike $13 million in nonemergency funding for the National Weather Service's ground readiness project. This funding, found in the Frelinghuysen amendment, is for work that is already underway as part of a yet unfinished…

He just made my point. We all want good satellite weather forecasting. The satellites have already been funded and underway. This project is already underway. It's nonemergent spending. We should not have nonemergent spending in an…

This is not going to delay data. It's not going to delay the implementation of this new satellite system. The current satellite that was just launched last fall has all the data-receiving capability that it can send out. So all this is…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 4, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $13,000,000)''. Page 5, line 4, after the…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Georgia will be postponed. Amendment No. 5 Offered by Mr. Duncan of South Carolina The…

We've reached the fiscal cliff not because we tax too little, but because we spend too much. We are focusing on whom to raise taxes and by how much. This debate really should be about outrageous spending. Many people believe that what's…

I appreciate your help. It has been great.

Economic as well as military espionage is a tremendous issue that we face.

It is not in the interest of U.S. companies to do this, but it is very, very hard for them to resist this.

Thank you, Mr. Tonko. It is really nice that we are both on the same page in making sure our taxpayers get a proper return from their investment in these companies.

Many potential witnesses expressed apprehension with appearing before the Committee to testify on this topic out of fear of retribution against their business interests by foreign countries.

Our concerns are not limited to economic espionage and theft, even though that is clearly a significant threat.

This hearing was originally scheduled in September, but because of a last minute member briefing by the Secretary of State on the Benghazi incident, we were forced to postpone.

I am still interested in and want to continue to pursue investigation and oversight of many issues.

This is unfortunate, because today's hearing addresses a topic of great concern to this Committee --innovation and U.S. competitiveness.

Their transparency is opaque.

Absolutely. In fact, the State Health Flexibility Act does that same thing, and the only growth is due to population in any State, so it does account for that change in the population of any given State. But we have solutions. We have…

Thank you, Dr. DesJarlais. I appreciate your yielding. In fact, Medicaid is going to destroy the Federal budget and create a total economic collapse of America if we don't change it from the present system. That's before ObamaCare even…