Under this logic, all campaign disclosures would be bad, not just new ones.

Many of them feel powerless. Many of them feel that government goes off and does its thing.

Unfortunately, we will not be hearing from these groups today because Chairman Issa refused my request to invite Fred Wertheimer, the president of Democracy 21, to testify on behalf of this coalition.

Yet, some still promote the false notion that White House employees are sitting around all day on their personal iPhones, accessing these personal email accounts to evade the Presidential Records Act and the Federal Records Act.

I thank our military service members, our intelligence officials, our diplomatic corps, our law enforcement officials, and our Nation's leaders from both political parties.

I would just again ask that we schedule a date as soon as possible for the marking up of 1144.

The Presidential Records Act and the Federal Records Act are landmark open government laws that are based on a fundamental principle that Federal agencies must retain records of their official business.

And do we really want to create such an extreme big brother mentality like this?

Certainly, it should be made clear to employees that it is their responsibility to forward any records created on their personal email to their official email.

Because it points us in the right direction in terms of how we deal with our electronic records, and it also raises the consciousness of Congress about the importance of records, which is a real problem that I have inherited as Archivist…

Thirty years in an electronic environment is incredibly dangerous.

Mr. Chairman, although you declined to become an original cosponsor of this legislation back in March, I hope that you and I can work together on this issue in a productive way.

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I rise in strong support of the Congressional Black Caucus budget. As a senior member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and as a former chairman of the committee's Subcommittee…

I disagree with him.

it is shameful to play politics with American workers and their families.

I strongly oppose efforts to falsely blame middle-class American workers for these current economic problems.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I ask unanimous consent that Representative Gwen Moore of the 4th District of Wisconsin be permitted to attend in this hearing pursuant to Rule 11, Section 2(g)(2)(c), and ask questions of the witnesses.

I think this hearing has demonstrated that Governor Walker wildly overreached by insisting on stripping the rights of American workers, even when such measures would have had absolutely no impact on the State budget.

If you want to talk about balancing the State budgets, then let's talk about the budget, let's talk about the real reasons for shortfall, and let's talk about the real solutions.

I believe that we must work together to ensure that our economy is strong and that our workers are protected.

I also strongly object to efforts by politicians who try to use the current economic downturn to strip American workers of their rights.

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I congratulate you, Senator Casey, on your new position as Chairman of this Committee, and look forward to your leadership.

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of passage. The vote was taken by…

Let me say this: The last speaker said something that I found very offensive when he said it's about raw, gutter politics. I personally resent that, and the reason why I resent it is because it sends the wrong message on this floor. We can…