That is very troubling in light of the OPM breach.

This isn't a bureaucratic, you know, checklist process. What we are concerned about is efficiency, reliability, and security.

Every Federal agency ought to be reassessing its own information security protocols and reinforcing efforts to detect and deter cyber attacks and other threats.

I would like to thank Senator Johnson for his assistance in bringing the bill forward for a vote.

Aid programs that are held accountable for their performance and results can be made more effective.

The mission is not clear.

I would just suggest to you, respectfully, given your answer to Ms. Kelly, it would be perfectly consistent to do so.

Well, I must say my time is up, but given what is happening on the ground, that sounds like fantasy to me.

No, no. My question isn't collaboration. It is rules of engagement to make sure that there is not an inadvertent collision between our Air Force and theirs, our counselors and theirs, and the like.

I am actually pleased by the results of a recent survey of Federal IT professionals... that shows that nearly 80 percent of those surveyed within the Federal Government believe FITARA will actually have a positive effect.

Assuming we are able to get everybody on board with this consolidation, Mr. Scott, what happens to the savings the agency might effectuate?

I hope today's panel and the hearing of these two subcommittees and the leadership on both sides of the aisle suggests we are not going to let that happen.

FITARA, we mean it, we want to see it implemented.

I got to admit, you surprised me. I was off by 3,000.

We cannot afford to shortchange an activity so fundamental to our democracy and the sustained well-being of our communities.

I think it's really important the point you're making, because it's very easy, bureaucratically, to check a box...

I thank my friend from New York for his leadership. I also thank Mr. Chris Smith of New Jersey, of course, for his leadership, and that of the taskforce. Mr. Speaker, anti-Semitism and the safety of Jewish communities in Europe are issues…

Would it be fair to say, without compromising security, that some significant breaches occurred?

I have to speak fast. The Export-Import Bank is good for America, and the arguments against it, in my opinion, are un-American. This is the perfect Republican dream. It reduces the deficit. It adds to the Treasury. It creates jobs. It…

This is simply not acceptable.

I led a letter signed by 70 of my colleagues asking the administration to raise that number to 100,000 Syrian refugees by the end of 2017.

Congressman Gerald E. Connolly Opening Statement

While I was pleased that the administration raised the refugee quota for 2016 to accommodated 10,000 refugees from Syria, I fear that isn't nearly enough to make an impact.

This really is so much more important than recordkeeping or how we deploy technology. This is about how we treat our active duty and military veterans.

And one of the problems is, we've had bureaucratic inertia between two agencies that can't get their acts together on behalf of the men and women we are serving.