Robert Pittenger

We want to know what is best for our veterans.

I would say that what we have done in this bill, in creating a good guys list, is going to create even greater access to foreign investment.

Considering the public statements of our adversaries, competitive adversaries, particularly President Xi, can we afford to delay CFIUS any longer even 6 months?

This is a very serious problem that needs to be addressed with diligent haste.

Our adversaries, the Chinese Government in particular, are aware of CFIUS deficiencies and are actively exploiting them.

I think we need to step back and reassess the CFIUS process and make sure it is optimized for the world of today and tomorrow.

I have a great respect for Chinese investments. Notwithstanding that, I do have a concern for their focus today.

As Ronald Reagan would say, trust but verify.

If the gentleman will continue to yield, as we consider the great plight in Texas of Hurricane Harvey, I also want to offer my sincere thanks for the outpouring of support that my State continues to receive, that they need after the…

Earlier today the House passed a critical $8 billion disaster relief package that is intended to fund the immediate needs for Federal disaster relief. Similar to Hurricane Harvey, a year ago, eastern North Carolina was devastated by…

The previous administration's biggest homeland security failures were the lack of prosecution and enforcement for crimes committed by illegal immigrants. For far too long, the Obama administration failed to adequately punish illegal…

The United States Government must posture strongly against any and all financing methods for ISIS.

There is really no budget. And there is essentially no accountability.

Your appointment as Director, given through the Dodd Frank Act, gives you really unlimited power and basically unchecked.

I recognize the impediments that have been placed upon the banking industry today--in North Carolina alone we have lost 40 percent of our banks--and truly restricting credit and capital, particularly in the rural communities which I serve.

I think in my written testimony, I noted that, for example, Daniel Ortega has acknowledged that he gets about $500 million a year from Venezuela...

So when you have Venezuela using the FARC, which is both a designated terrorist organization and a major drug trafficking organization, as an instrument of their foreign policy...

We recognize better the importance of terrorism financing. This is an important tool for us to be able to defeat the Islamic terrorists.

I submit this is a good amendment. I do believe that what we do with this amendment is prevent the egregious abuse of power by our President and allow the adjudication of this process to be completed by the Justice Department. I yield back…

I submit to my colleagues in the House of Representatives that now is the time that we must stand. We cannot allow the President of the United States to continue to bully. We must wait on the adjudication by this court action with the…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

How does the American public have any confidence in the records, in the information that is captured and recorded if you are using private e-mail?

And what you are saying is, no, you really aren't allowed to have that freedom because there is a group of us who live up here who really do know what is best for you.

What will grow your economy, what will create the jobs that you earnestly want, is an open market where companies can grow and not have this intense regulatory environment.