Only a very small number of the emails containing classified information bore markings indicating the presence of classified information.

Here's what the Department filing said about General Petraeus, and I quote: "The acts taken by defendant David Howell Petraeus were in all respects knowing and deliberate and were not committed by mistake, accident, or other innocent…

We will follow the facts wherever they lead, and partisan politics has no bearing on what we're doing.

This committee ignored that breach of national security because it did not match the political goals of the House Republicans.

As an African American man in this country, 66 years old, moving towards the twilight of my life, we cannot allow Black men to continue to be slaughtered.

I'd rather do things upfront so that people never commit an offense than to have them commit an offense and then they're in trouble.

The letter asked you 13 questions. To date, neither of you has answered one single one of those questions. Why is that?

I firmly believe that your decision was not based on convenience but on conviction.

When we are addressing you, there are a whole cadre of people who give their blood, their sweat, and their tears to protect us as Americans.

I hope that the IG bill helps you all, I hope that helps, because we worked very hard on that bill.

They have turned political investigations into an art form.

Director Comey, thank you for being here today. I want to begin by commending you and the public servants at the FBI for the independent investigation you conducted.

no reasonable prosecutor would have brought this case.

I understand that Secretary Clinton is the only one running for President, but it does not make sense that she was singled out for a referral to the FBI. Do you agree with that?

I didn't see any of my Republican colleagues complain when former Governor Bob McDonald was exonerated by an 8-0 vote at the Supreme Court.

They've got it all out in the press, oh, Hillary Clinton lied because she--and then we come to find out there were three that had markings of a 'C,' and it was the wrong marking.

Amazingly--amazingly--some Republicans who were praising you just days ago for your independence, for your integrity, and your honesty instantly turned against you because your recommendation conflicted with the predetermined outcome they…

I support this amendment offered by one of the freshman stars of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman. This amendment would exempt from the bill rulemakings that agencies have included in…

It is not clear what this amendment does or what it is intended to do. I agree that there should be accountability for IT security, but we have had no hearings or other discussion on this issue. The Federal Information Security Management…

How much time do I have remaining? The CHAIR. The gentleman from Maryland has 11\1/2\ minutes remaining.

The letter from the American Association from Justice states: ``This misguided bill would jeopardize crucial public protections by blocking regulations based on timing alone. It presumes the regulations which are proposed or finalized…

In closing, I cannot emphasize strongly enough how unnecessary, damaging, and constitutionally defective this legislation is. You know, as Ms. Jackson Lee was speaking, Mr. Chairman, I could not help but think about a young lady that I met…

We have reviewed the Palmer amendment and find that it only makes technical changes to the bill, so I will not oppose it. However, it does nothing to improve the bill, which I will continue to oppose. I yield back the balance of my time.

In their eyes you had one job and one job only, to prosecute Hillary Clinton.

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment but do not oppose it, as modified by Representative Posey. The CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman from Maryland is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.