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?

But so far, the retiring GOP chairman has not acted on calls by his Democratic counterpart, Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland, to bring Pruitt before his committee to personally answer lawmakers questions.

I do care about public safety. There are some people that need to be in prison and probably for a very, very long time.

This is a very important hearing to me because I live in a neighborhood where many of these people return, and I see what they go through.

Mr. Cummings, Mr. Cummings, I can't get a job, man. I can't get a job. I want to do for my family. I can't get a job.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding, and I rise to support H.R. 3731, the Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act of 2017, which Congressman Katko and I cosponsored. The bill would authorize an increase in the annual salary and the…

I have been in Congress now for 20 years and I have been through and seen a lot of field hearings.

I cannot come into this hospital without saying thank you to Hopkins for saving my life.

I want to begin by thanking Chairman Gowdy for calling today's very important hearing.

I hereby move to subpoena TSA officials Huban Gowadia, Francine Kerner, and Steven Cohen to appear before this committee.

The Oversight Committee is the primary investigative body in the House, and we rely tremendously on IGs in conducting our own oversight work.

Inspectors general serve a critical role by providing an independent check on the executive branch.

No, I'm not worried at all, because the people that I--every IG that I've ever met have been very honorable people, and they are going to do what is right no matter what, and uphold the Constitution.

The work that you and your staff members do is more important now than ever.

As I close, I take the opportunity to reiterate that I strongly support the objectives of S. 585. If there is anything that we agree on in the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, it is that we must protect whistleblowers. Many of…

We cannot afford to allow that to happen. This is the United States of America, the exceptional nation.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 3031, the TSP Modernization Act of 2017. I thank the Government Operations Subcommittee chairman, Mr. Meadows, for working with me in a bipartisan manner…

I want to thank the gentlewoman for yielding. I introduced the All Circuit Review Act, Mr. Speaker, to send a clear message to all Federal employees who blow the whistle on wrongdoing that we here in Congress have their backs. This bill…

Shortchanging the census is penny wise and pound foolish.

The Census Bureau is dangerously underfunded and has been for years, and unless we do something about it right now...

Right now, however, Penn Station is simply the place where folks come to catch a train.

Amtrak is a vital component of our Nation's transportation network, and it is past time for us to make investments needed to modernize Amtrak's infrastructure.

Penn Station is an asset and has tremendous potential, and has been untapped for too many years.

Why would someone want to put the U.S.--I mean, because basically what it would do is put our shipbuilders out of business and put our workers out of work.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says that tens of millions of people will lose their health insurance if Republican plans to repeal the Affordable Care Act go through.