I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise today in strong support of this legislation. This legislation is the first necessary step that's needed to provide the assistance and relief and aid that the people of New York, New…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I think it's important to point out that the House bill never contained any of those extraneous provisions. When the bill came over here, our leadership agreed that all that was taken out so that there…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. At the outset, let me thank you for your service during your time in Congress, and thank you for your remarks here this morning. I think it's important to set the record straight. Last night, many of us came to the…

Tonight's action not to hold this vote on the supplemental is absolutely indefensible. There are thousands and thousands of people throughout Long Island, Rockaway, Staten Island and New Jersey and throughout the Northeast who are homeless…

He kept telling me wait until the vote is over, wait until the fiscal cliff vote is over, everything will be taken care of, and then he was gone. He refused to meet with us. He actually yelled at Congressman Lobiondo, said, I'm not meeting…

I would like to thank Senator Brown for introducing this legislation to address the ongoing DHS financial management challenges. Also, let me thank the ranking member, Mr. Thompson, and the ranking member of the subcommittee, Ms. Jackson…

I urge the adoption of this bipartisan, commonsense bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I have no further speakers. If the gentleman from Mississippi also has none, I'm prepared to close once the gentleman does. {time} 1450

I have no further speakers. If the gentleman from Mississippi has no further speakers, I am prepared to close.

I strongly believe that the United States should lead by example and not wait for others to take the lead.

I think everything should be on the table. I am myself opposed to tax increases. I'm not going to prejudge it and I'm just saying we should not be taking ironclad positions.

I think everything should be on the table. I myself am imposed on tax increases. I'm not going to prejudge it, and I'm just saying we should not be taking ironclad positions.

The intelligence community said that Al Qaeda was involved. That was taken out by someone in the White House.

The intelligence community said that al Qaeda was involved. That was taken out by someone in the White House. The intelligence community did give an accurate estimate...

It is still not clear how the final talking points emerged. He said he went through a long process involving many agencies, including the Department of Justice, including the State Department, and no one knows yet exactly who came up with…

Without going into detail, there were several reports clearly stating that al Qaeda affiliated groups were involved in the attack and were very heavily involved in the attack and that did not make it into the talking points.

Well, yes, but the information -- pieced by the White House, the intelligence community in their original talking points had in there about the al Qaeda affiliation. That was taken out after it left the intelligence community.

I don't believe that the talking points that were given to Susan Rice contained all the intelligence the intelligence community had.

Somebody in the White House did that.

The intelligence community said that al Qaeda was involved. That was taken out by someone in the White House.

I believe he had the absolute obligation to tell the president in fairness to the president what was happening.

The FBI I don't think has handled itself very well in this at all.

First of all, start with what Fran said, the fact this became an FBI investigation to begin with.

I have great admiration for David Petraeus. I urged him to run for president. I have worked with him. He's a tremendous patriot.

They should have gone to the president, told him what they had and let the president decide.