The undersigned Attorneys General's right to express our grave concern over the threat of the integrity of the American election system.

It took us a year and a half to finally hold today's hearing.

grave concern over the threat to the integrity of the American election system

I thank the gentleman from Virginia, the vice ranking member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, for yielding time and for doing such a phenomenal job on our committee. Mr. Chair, I rise in strong opposition to H.R. 50, the…

We do not know if Donald Trump's public statements or the connections of his campaign officials to Russian interests directly or indirectly led to the cyber attacks against Democratic party organizations, but there is wide-spread agreement…

But Director Comey did apply a double standard to Secretary Clinton in a way that helped Donald Trump and severely hurt Secretary Clinton.

Integrity and honesty, and just calling it like it is.

Lock her up, lock her up, lock her up. They were talking about Hillary Clinton using personal emails.

Comey's unilateral announcement was inconsistent with Department policy and violated longstanding Department practice and protocol by, among other things, criticizing Clinton's uncharged conduct.

I've never seen so many people scared. They're scared. I mean, American citizens scared.

This democracy allows us to be the people that we are and to do the things that we do.

We found no evidence that the conclusions by Department prosecutors were affected by bias or other improper considerations.

We can survive with politicians we don't trust. We can't survive with a justice system we don't trust.

I wish there were not a Republican and a Democratic party. I wish I was not a, quote, 'politician.'

There are certain things that are about--are bigger than party, like country and being a human being.

Finally, I could not leave this podium without noting the staggering hypocrisy of those who claim that they want to help Americans struggling with substance use disorder while at the same time sabotaging the Affordable Care Act. Right now…

I thank the gentleman for yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, I oppose this rule. This week the House is considering dozens of bills to combat the opioid epidemic. These are small bipartisan bills that we all support, but they are simply…

Fighting the opioid epidemic has been one of my top priorities for several years.

Your proposal, Mr. Pon, would slash the pay and benefits of men and women who support our military, care for our wounded veterans, protect our homeland from terrorists and other threats, ensure that our air, water, and food are safe. How…

What about the COLA? One of your most egregious proposals is to slash $50 billion worth of cost-of-living-adjustments from current retirees and their survivors. So you want to take from those who can least afford it and give to the richest…

If the United States Government were a business, it would be in the service industry.

That's not what I asked you. I said do you see it as a major problem?

Because what happens, as you can imagine, if people feel reluctant to communicate with their Representatives, we can't do our job. You can't either, right?

I think we need to look and see whether other agencies are doing this kind of thing, and we need to address that.

I know my Republican colleagues want to talk about former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, and that is all well and good.