Mark Meadows

I thank the gentleman from Texas for his eloquent words. As we look at this particular bill, there is a lot that has been said about what home rule is and what it is not. There is a lot that has been said about what the law is and what it…

How long would it take them to get them out of storage and put them back in operation if they decided to do that today?

Are they being stored in Iran?

If we have questions, you are the go-to person to figure out whether we are complying; is that correct?

Is that easily done?

I thank you for your leadership on that particular effort.

It is imperative, without mentioning it in a public forum, we have agencies who are taking IT dollars to prop up legacy systems

The message that needs to go from you to those who work in IT is that we will no longer accept that this is the way that we have always done it

FITARA is not a law that was passed with no expectation of implementation.

I am asking for your consideration of H.R. 210, which is the Student Exemption Act.

We were very encouraged to get endorsements from a variety of associations and institutions of higher learning.

This particular Act is very specific in that it would actually exempt those student workers.

So are you willing to look at that particular component about asking for other online identities and maybe report back...

It is encouraging to see that ODNI announced this morning, in advance of today's hearing, a new policy that will allow Federal agencies to review publicly available social media information as part of the clearance investigation process.

The goal of our background investigations must be to find out if an individual is trustworthy.

The Subcommittee on Government Operations and the Subcommittee on National Security will come to order.

But if we're talking about social media, that would be relevant.

The good news is that using social media checks in security clearance investigation does not have to be a binary decision between big brother and an ineffective system.

Today, with more than a billion individuals on Facebook, what a person says and does on social media can often give a better insight on who they really are.

I want to go on record to not only thank you but your entire team for your service.

I would suggest that maybe you rethink that because I think it's--Mr. Chairman, it is a great concern of mine, if they were my employees or under my direction to put them in a legal battle that is still ongoing, still being litigated, but…

So is it GAO's opinion that the District of Columbia would be in violation of the Antideficiency Act in the event that the Budget Autonomy Act is implemented.

I look forward to hearing from each of you on this very important issue.

There is one thing that would really help us out as it relates to the Affordable Care Act.

Well, I respectfully disagree, and I'm out of time.