Unfortunately, Chairman Issa ignored my repeated requests to examine data breaches in the private sector, and this committee has missed a significant opportunity as a result.

I don't want anyone to imagine, imagine, imagining, that they can pierce the protective veil of the Secret Service.

I mean, I'm going to encourage you to do that. Just do it, please.

I just want to thank you very much.

One of our most important jobs in Congress is to help protect the interests of the American people.

I know you're trying to do what is in the best interests of the American people.

{time} 2045 Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of this bill and I want to thank Representative Mark Meadows for his hard work on this bill. This bill would make the Federal Government's records more transparent. This bill includes the…

I rise, Mr. Speaker, in opposition to H.R. 24. Let me be clear. I support transparency surrounding the operations of the Federal Reserve. Transparency helps ensure that the Federal Reserve is implementing policies that will achieve the…

Again, I will be brief, but I urge Members to vote against the legislation. I think it is a giant step in the wrong direction. I yield back the balance of my time.

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank Oversight Committee Chairman Issa and the sponsor of H.R. 5169, the gentleman from Michigan, Tim Walberg, for working with my Democratic colleagues Representatives…

May I ask how much time remains? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Maryland has 16 minutes remaining.

I've seen over and over again in my 17 years in Congress that departments will come in, say they're going to do things, and then they wait.

I want to thank our colleague Representative Schiff for proposing the topic for today's hearing.

Too often over the past 2 years, the congressional investigation into what happened in Benghazi has devolved into unseemly partisanship.

It's clear that our diplomats are in some very dangerous situations. I think we all agree on that.

I do believe that in life there are transformational moments.

One thing I want to remind all of us is that we are Americans, everybody trying to do the best they can to protect our people.

This kind of oversight can be productive, it can be critical, it can sometimes even be tedious, but it can also save lives.

So you can get the details of the rape? Because I'm kind of confused when I look at what you agree to.

I want to thank Ranking Member Hinojosa for the time, and I thank the chairman and Ranking Member Miller, and Chairwoman Foxx for their hard work on this legislation. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 4983, the Strengthening…

I think that there are moments that present themselves in our lives where we have to stop for a moment and at least take a look at what we're doing and how we're doing it.

You said that the Democrats have been unwilling to consider immunity. That's not accurate.

There is not one person on this, Republican or Democrat, and our record has shown that.

Government does have a role to play. It really does.

I would appreciate it if you would just give the witness an opportunity to answer, because these are the kind of allegations that tarnish one's reputation.