I really appreciate what Chairman Roe of Tennessee is doing. He pours his heart and soul into one of the most important issues and things we can deal with here in Congress and, that is, helping our veterans. Veterans step up and serve in…

I want to thank, certainly, Dr. Wenstrup, for bringing forward this bill, and also the ranking member here for good bipartisan work. 1978 was a good year. I was playing soccer at the AYSO as a young, 11-year-old kid. It was also a good…

We're getting rid of those things that people said they don't want. And you know what? Americans have choices, and they've got to make a choice.

Let me mention that the bill does not require any of these agencies to provide new analysis. And I haven't really heard an example or a reason why something would be prohibited in an agency from sharing existing cost-benefit analysis. What…

We are here to consider H.R. 1009. This is a bill sponsored by the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Mitchell). It is cosponsored on the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform by the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Meadows) and the…

we're trying to protect whistleblowers so they get a fair hearing.

There is no way--we're going to go to the ends of the earth to protect whistleblowers.

I want you to provide it to this committee.

It is not acceptable to withhold information.

I would just point out that these independent agencies need oversight as much as any other agency; and, ultimately, what we are trying to do is provide more transparency, more information to the public. Whether or not they think they are…

You have a right in this government, as a government employee, to blow the whistle.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 22, line 5, strike ``Public disclosure'' and insert ``Disclosure''. Page 22, after line 24, insert the…