Can I ask how much time each side has remaining? The CHAIR. The gentleman from Maryland has 15 minutes remaining. The gentleman from Michigan has 18 minutes remaining.

This week, the House of Representatives is expected to take up a bill reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), a traditionally noncontroversial bill that improves the investigation and prosecution of violent crimes against…

On rollcall No. 199, had I been present, I would have voted ``nay.''

I have no more speakers, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. First thing, there were some comments that I would like to respond to. First thing, this bill does not allow the wholesale violation of privacy rights. This bill is…

I yield 2 minutes to my distinguished colleague from the State of Georgia (Mr. Johnson).

I also support this amendment. It is very important. It's another example of what we're attempting to do to protect the privacy and civil liberties of our citizens but yet have a bill that we clearly need to protect them from a national…

I agree with Mr. Issa's comments. This is a joint amendment of Mr. Rogers and me. The amendment would make it clear that while FOIA exemption protects information obtained under the bill, regulatory information required by other…

I yield 2 minutes to my distinguished colleague from the State of California, Mr. Adam Schiff, who is also the ranking member on the Technical and Tactical Intelligence Committee.

I yield myself such time as I may consume. In closing, I want to say again that the purpose of this bill, as the chairman just said, is very basic and simple. We want to protect our citizens from attacks. We are being attacked as we speak…

I rise to claim time in opposition, but I do not oppose the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Maryland is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

I yield to the gentleman from California (Mr. Thompson). He is on the Intelligence Committee and also a sponsor of this amendment.

As we said before, our bill is extremely limited, and we're attempting again to allow our government, our intelligence community, to give the information that's necessary to protect our citizens from these cyberattacks. Ours is the most…