A couple of points are worth noting to make sure that everybody understands exactly what we are up against. There has been some suggestion that this is unnecessary, and maybe in the eyes of some in Washington, some political officials, it…

There has been reference that Ms. Castor presented relating to what the industry wants that says this will actually mess it up. It will make pipeline permitting take longer. Let me read for you what was written in a letter to me on…

I just reiterate there is enormous importance to this legislation. While I appreciate that the gentleman from Michigan offered his amendment in a friendly tone, it guts the legislation in its entirety. I also want to offer that H.R. 1900…

I thank Chairman Whitfield and Chairman Upton for helping me work this bill through our committee. It is great to have it on the floor today. We now have a bipartisan piece of legislation aimed at making simple, commonsense reforms to the…

I think people are finding that it's not exactly what they are going to have worked so hard to find their way to as well.

Why were the plans these folks had good enough when you were the insurance commissioner in Kansas and when you were Kansas's governor, but those plans today aren't good enough for those hardworking Kansas families?

I thank the chairman for bringing this important piece of legislation to the floor. Mr. Speaker, it troubles me that the administration is once again going out of its way to cause pain for the American people and at great risk to America's…

Thank you for yielding. I appreciate the time. I imagine, Ms. Jenkins, you're hearing some of the same things as I am as you return to Kansas and talk to our constituents. This is serious business. We're standing here tonight with a…

I am happy to yield 3 minutes to the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Ruppersberger).

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 Kansas will be postponed. Amendment No. 100 Offered by Mr. Amash The Acting CHAIR. It is now…

I would just like to correct a couple of things. This legislation is not a fig leaf. It is intended to clarify some things that have been said, some beliefs that people hold, about what section 215 authorizes and what section 702…

The amendment I offer this evening clarifies and confirms the scope of two programs that Mr. Snowden illegally exposed while sitting in a hotel room in Communist China. First, the amendment clarifies that under section 702 no U.S. citizen…