the FITARA is, "meant to strengthen the role of each agency CIO and executive responsible for all IT systems in the agency as well as to increase transparency in how IT funds are spent."

we don't treat technology as a commodity to be purchased and managed, we see it rather as a transformative process.

We have to make sure that the FITARA implementation is not Clinger-Cohen 2.0.

we need to resist that temptation because I agree. It was designed to be a useful management tool that can save you money and make you more efficient.

legislation was introduced by Representatives Joe Walsh and Gerry Connolly to restrict SBA's practice of relying on common size standards.

I thank the chair. I rise to offer an amendment with my colleagues in the national capital region that would restore full funding of the Federal commitment for vital rider safety improvements to ``America's Subway,'' the Washington…

I thank my friend. Mr. Chairman, I sympathize deeply with the concerns expressed by my friend and colleague from Florida (Mr. Mica), and I know Metro is committed to working with the wireless carriers to ensure seamless coverage throughout…

I thank my friend from North Carolina, the distinguished ranking member. Tragically, one rider--Carol Glover of Virginia, my home State--died as a result of smoke inhalation, and dozens of others required medical treatment and/or…

If we want FOIA to work, we need to restore adequate funding, staffing, and training so agencies can handle the increasing workloads they will continue to face.

I thank the distinguished chairman and the distinguished ranking member and their staffs for their cooperation on this amendment. The amendment increases the funding for Veterans Treatment Courts by $1 million. I offered a similar…

Today, with a record number of FOIA requests and with record low FOIA staffing, the answer from the Republicans is that we are going to withhold two-thirds of a billion dollars.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 34, line 19, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $1,,000,000)''. Page 42, line 24, after the dollar amount…

I come from a State, Virginia, where FOIA laws are actually very strict.

They could stop it now. They could simply tell the agencies to follow the law and follow the Constitution.

There's not an absolute right guaranteed to access to any information.

I indicated that the letter, the memo, from the White House dated 1988 was during the administration of George H.W. Bush. Obviously it was Ronald Reagan.

And when you have delays of not just months but years, then what you have is not just people not caring, you have deliberate withholding of information.

When Federal agencies violate congressional law and the Constitution it is corrosive to our democracy, it undermines trust in the executive branch.

The default should always be: Get it out before the public; let's see where the chips fall.

The First Amendment guarantees a free press; is that correct?

So, by virtue of adoption of the First Amendment, we also set up, whether we intended it or not, a dialectic.

So the requirement put upon USPS, the 100-percent requirement, is unique?

My concern here is that's a noble goal, but in light of the exchange I just had with Ms. Rectanus, I'm concerned that you are going to continue--those new vehicles would continue--if they are dual-use vehicles, would continue to run on…

Were you familiar with the fact that UPS and FedEx actually did avail themselves of some recovery money back in 2009 and 2010?

I would bring to your attention a letter that I circulated, along with Mr. Huffman, on this very subject.