Joe Crowley: “Well, Mr. Chairman, I think, if that is the case, we should inquire as to how we can access that information.”

In case the gentleman was going to yield back, I just want to thank my staff as well, both those who worked back in 2004 to help pass the original legislation, and my staff today. In particular, I want to thank my chief of staff back home…

We passed it through the committee. We need to pass it on the floor.

I think it`s bad for Democrats writ large. It`s bad for the president in not being able to move his agenda, when both the House and the Senate are controlled by Democrats.

He's got to be really -- he's flailing already. You can see how he's attacking Kristen Welker, you know, she's partisan, she's this, she's that, almost like setting up the debate for failure, that it's already going to be a failure for him…