On the recordMay 12, 2011
I'm delighted to be here today because this is a good moment for our intelligence community that we are going to pass an Intelligence bill. You've heard it said it has been 6 years since there has been an authorization for these people. They are out there every single day in every single agency doing what they do so we can be here to be able to discuss this on the floor and to live freely in this country and around the world. It's extremely important that they have the knowledge and security of knowing that what they do is approved of and authorized by this committee in the House. It has been good to have a bipartisan agreement in the sense that we worked very well together. Mr. Rogers and Mr. Ruppersberger worked extremely well. Myself and Mr. Thompson, who chair one of the committees, work very well together. The committee members do. And so it's encouraging that we're able to move forward in a way that's very positive for the people of this country relative to their national security. So I urge all of my colleagues to support this bill.
