Steve Lynch

I just think that that is happy talk with all due respect.

The enhanced personnel security program of an agency shall integrate social media. So shall means shall.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank you and also Chairman Meadows for their good work and Ranking Member Connolly for holding this hearing to examine the implementation of the Visa Waiver Program.

She opposed this bill because employees deserve the same protections, she said, as investors. This makes sense. This is easy. We should be able to do what we want to do here and stimulate the economy, yet, at the same time, allow these…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. It is very rare that I get to speak in opposition to such bad legislation, but not only do we have a single bill that is bad legislation, my friends across the aisle have packaged five bad bills and…

There is not a lot of shame at the table today, but this is disgraceful.

I would suggest in our pharmaceutical regulatory procedure, our regulations, that we adopt a poison pill amendment...

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 Massachusetts will be postponed. Amendment No. 5 Offered by Ms. Foxx The Acting CHAIR. It is…

My amendment would improve title II of H.R. 712 to ensure that the effectiveness of agency regulations are not solely evaluated by the basis of the cost to industry. Rather, the primary importance of agency rulemaking to the improved…

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 18, line 12, strike ``and''. Page 18, line 21, strike the period and insert ``; and''. Page 18, after…

It is our constitutional mandate to conduct oversight.

We need to know how many people overstay their visas.

You need to do better. You really do.

You also recommended that GSA should establish--and I'm going to quote you again--'a plan with performance indicators, benchmarks, and implementation strategies to eliminate the backlog.'

In the event this program is transferred elsewhere, GSA should obtain Army agreement and the transferee's agreement on conditions for program transfer.

I think we've stopped that, and we're actually climbing out of the hole, and we're helping families.

And I want to thank the witnesses, as well. You've all chipped in and done a commendable job.

I don't think we're doing a good job, and I think we can do better.

I think if someone is applying for citizenship to the United States, it is entirely reasonable that we ask for their social media contacts.

I would rather see cooperation between the FBI and our State gambling commissions, our attorneys general.

If the measure went forward as written, it would take our attorney general and the other 49 attorney generals off the field

They deserve to be honored, they need to be honored in the U.S. Capitol, which is a symbol itself of our American beliefs and the liberties and freedoms they sacrificed to defend.

The importance of remembering and honoring their great sacrifice can never ever be overstated.

This measure, which was introduced by Representative Steve Lynch of Massachusetts, we think would be an extremely powerful symbol in our Nation's Capital honoring American prisoners of war and Americans missing in action.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I want to thank the witnesses for your excellent testimony.