Political Quotes

“I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 3505, the Department of Homeland Security Clearance Management and Administration Act. Mr. Speaker, I want to start off by thanking the chairman of the Counterterrorism and Intelligence Subcommittee, Mr. King, as well as Chairman McCaul, for their support of my bill. I introduced H.R. 3505, the Department of Homeland Security Clearance Management and Administration Act, to make specific reforms in how the Department manages its security clearance process. Specifically, H.R. 3505 addresses how DHS carries out the complex and extensive tasks of identifying positions that warrant security clearances, investigating candidates for clearances, and administering its clearance adjudications, denials, suspensions, revocations, and appeals process. Since September 11, there has been a massive proliferation of original and derivative classified materials across the Federal Government. Along with the enormous growth of classified material holdings has come a sizeable growth in the number of Federal positions requiring security clearances. H.R.…”