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…

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

There is no attorney-client privilege when one government agency is investigating another government agency.

That's wholly unacceptable.

I think that there's just some misinformation that may be going on, and we can, hopefully, clear that up.

I'd fire that guy. And you know what, until you clean house with the legal folks in your agency, you're going to have a lot of problems.

I think it's--violates Federal law. I think it's unacceptable and it's something that now has the full attention of this committee.

we expect the TSA to turn over all information that's been withheld from the OSC, and we expect that to be done by March 10.

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…

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…

This amendment requires OIRA to maintain records on each significant regulatory action reviewed such that it is easily accessible and transferrable when responding to congressional requests. Unfortunately, in the last Congress, Mr…