This Congress will not walk away from a mission, it will not walk away from its troops, and it will not walk away from its allies. With that, I would like to yield 3 minutes to my colleague from Michigan (Mr. Rogers).

this battle continues to evolve. We know that al Qaeda wants to attack us again in our homeland. That is why it is important to stay on the offensive, attacking them where they are and making sure that they do not have a safe haven to…

The historic blunder is that we didn't address this problem in the 1990s when it started rearing its ugly head. I yield to my colleague for a unanimous consent request.

I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to my colleague from the great State of Michigan (Mr. Rogers), who chairs our policy committee on the Intelligence Committee, responsible for identifying and understanding the threats that we face as a Nation.

I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to a great member of the committee, someone who understands that the Civil Liberties and Privacy Board is funded out of the budget of the Executive Office of the President and does not come out of the Intelligence…

If the gentlewoman has no additional speakers, I will yield back the balance of my time. The CHAIRMAN. All time for debate has expired. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Hoekstra). The amendment…

again, I believe that with some of the dialogue we have had before, we will not oppose the amendment, but I just want to add some clarification. I am very appreciative of the efforts of the gentleman from North Carolina to work closely…

again I am looking forward to working in conference in a bipartisan way to work out any concerns or any additional issues that may arise with this amendment. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time. The CHAIRMAN. The question is…

I rise today to honor Mr. Ralph Hauenstein. Mr. Hauenstein rose to the rank of colonel while serving in the U.S. Army during World Wars I and II and was appointed Chief of the Intelligence Branch in the Army's European Theater of…

I rise today to honor the members of the Hope College women's basketball team on winning the 2006 NCAA Division III national championship. On March 18, Hope defeated Southern Maine University 69-56 in the national championship game held in…

reclaiming my time, I am pointing out why it is, from my perspective, inappropriate under the Defense Authorization Bill to instruct the Intelligence Committee what we need to be doing. As I was indicating, it was last year at roughly this…

I rise to honor the more than 4.5 million Americans with Dutch roots who today, Dutch-American Day, reflect upon their heritage and the contributions of the Netherlands to the United States. In 1609, the industrious and seafaring Dutch…

we must have both had our eyes drawn to the same article in USA Today that ran where it talks about the debate brews. Has oil production peaked? As my colleague has pointed out, there are those that would advocate that say we have not…

today we have an historic choice to make. It is a choice to unite America and our partners in Central America and the Caribbean in the continued march for progress and democracy, or a choice that pushes them into the arms of Bolivarian…

I rise, reluctantly, to claim the time in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Hoekstra) is recognized for 5 minutes.

I rise today to offer congratulations and recognition to Mr. Charles E. Allen as he completes his tour of duty as the Assistant Director of Central Intelligence for Collection. Since its creation by the Congress 7 years ago, he has served…

I am a little confused, as I listened to those on the other side as to whether we have or have not done oversight. The author of the amendment says there has been no oversight. My ranking member applauds the work that the committee has…

in closing, again I would like to thank my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, the staff on both sides of the aisle who have worked to put together a very, very good bill, my colleagues on my side of the aisle. We have put together…

I am glad to confirm that the understanding that the gentleman has is correct. The information-sharing environment will serve as a means by which individual agencies, including DHS, can meet their statutory information-sharing mandates. It…

I thank her for yielding and appreciate the work she has done in putting together this bill. What the indications are and what the colloquy I had with my colleague indicate are that the provisions that were deleted from the bill that we…

I can confirm the chairman's understanding. Neither the responsibilities of NCTC for comprehensive counterterrorism analysis, nor its responsibility for dissemination of information within the Federal Government, will in any way diminish…

There are a number of people who can move into that position, who can do a very good job. Condi would be at the top of my list.

This amendment seeks to create an information technology network of immense proportions but without significant resources and no logical or direct correlation to what actually would be needed to share information properly. The amendment…

By creating an Open Source Intelligence Center under the National Intelligence Director to collect, analyze, produce and disseminate open source materials to the intelligence communities, the information becomes a building block for…

Mr. Chairman, Lee Hamilton, the distinguished vice chairman, a former Member of this body, the vice chairman of the 9/11 Commission, stated what should be obvious to all of us: that as the Senate and the House conduct the normal…