We want to work with you, because I know that...you have the sensitivity.

I am very concerned about the allegations you raise, especially your claims that you were retaliated against for investigating this activity.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

It is, indeed, very alarming.

My bill would also require agencies to notify the EEOC when violations occur, and it would require agencies to report on their Web sites whether a finding of discrimination or retaliation was made.

I am glad you said that.

What you are doing, what you have done, it goes beyond--hopefully it goes beyond the grave.

I promise you that if you try to retaliate against any of them I will do everything in my power to come after you.

We have a way up here of maligning Federal employees over and over and over again.

But on the other hand, the rank and file, the folks getting up at 6 o'clock in the morning, giving their blood, their sweat and their tears, they get messed over.

Well, you'll never get me to argue against you with regard to due process.

As the author of the Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act, I would like to thank Chairman Chaffetz and his staff for working with me in drafting this bipartisan legislation. I also appreciate the chairman's support for this bill during…

It would be, I think, legislative malpractice if we did not do what was appropriate, assuming that we know what to do.

It does matter, because there are thousands upon thousands upon thousands of them, and the number grows every single day.

I have seen them as a Congressman representing a district where finding balance between law and order and crime and punishment is a profound concern to my constituents.

Criminal justice is personal to me. I have seen the problems that plague the system through many lenses.

What kind of justice system is that?

African Americans are incarcerated nearly six times the rate of whites.

It is not unusual when I go back to my district... for me to hear young men... say, Mr. Cummings, can you help me find a job?

I am very glad that we are having this hearing.

We have spent a phenomenal amount of time talking about conservative groups, and certainly I'm concerned about them, but I'm also concerned about all Americans.

Some people in your shoes might have merely criticized the agency without looking at the whole picture, but you agreed to my request to bring in the contractors.

We're here today because foreign cyber spies are targeting millions of our Federal workers.

I believe USIS and its parent company may now be obstructing this committee's work.

I have been pressing for our committee to investigate these cyber attacks.