Lamar Smith: “The Fifth Amendment does not provide blanket immunity from all Committee questions.”

With the Speaker's allowance and permission, we have another speaker on his way to the House floor who we expect to be here in another 30 seconds, so if I could talk slowly and go on for another 30 seconds, I think the gentleman from Texas…

I have further speakers, but I will yield to the ranking member if she has any speakers. I reserve the balance of my time.

I thank the gentleman from California for his comments and also for his initiatives on the subject of energy in so many ways. Several other bills that we are considering are a result of that initiative. Mr. Speaker, I have no other…

As I said yesterday, when government contractors make mistakes, typically no one is held accountable.