Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 6614, as amended, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, the bill calls for more transparency around license application decisions by the Bureau of Industry and Security for potential exports to entities on its Entity and Military End Users Lists. Inclusion in these lists means that the export, re-export, and transfer of certain U.S. items to these entities requires a license. This bill would enable Congress to conduct oversight to ensure that the BIS licensing and enforcement processes are working properly and effectively. I thank Mr. Jackson and Chairman McCaul for working with Ranking Member Meeks to reach a bipartisan agreement on this bill, which will ensure that the committee is getting the information it needs while protecting business proprietary information and allowing BIS to effectively execute its core national security mandate. As we add to the list of things we are asking BIS to do, it is also important that we equip BIS with the resources and staffing to meet those requirements. We are asking BIS to take on more responsibility with less. BIS desperately needs to update its outdated and inefficient IT system, which has not been updated in over 15 years. In that time, the number of license applications BIS receives per year has more than doubled to over 40,000 per year.…”