mr. connelly: all right. think thisez, i question is to you, but i know you covered the use of social media. we've got a pilot program. in the private sector, when people are looking at employment, they go to public social media sites as part of the screening process. why wouldn't we do that when it comes to granting somebody a status to come into the united states, whether it be refugee status, visa, and so forth? why wouldn't we do that like we do any other background document? that may well be where we end up. i think we've been focusing on areas where we detect heightened risk. in many of our conversations when we talk about individuals coming from countries where there is active terrorist activity, recruitment, those seem to be the areas where we should primarily focus. i think the question is going to valueat ends up being the ? if in fact there is value, if value,k shows there is we may end up in the place you describe. that is what we have been evaluating for months. we are certainly increasing the .c

mr. connelly, for yielding. >> i thank the gentleman. he chair recognizes the gentleman from south carolina, mr. mulvaney, for five minutes. >> thank you very much for being here today. i just want to go over a couple things that mr. botticelli said in his opening testimony, mr. maurer touched on briefly and is in the reports we have in front of us. i heard mr. botticelli said that made substantial or significant progress in the area since 2010 but heard mr. maurer say something a little bit different, so let's drill down into the seven goals. mr. maurer, i couldn't find the seven goals. could you briefly tell us what they were that the gao took a look at. you told us one of them, eighth grade marijuana use, but tell us what the seven goals. >> the seven goals were to look at 30-day use by teenagers, eighth grade lifetime drug use and that was broken down by illicit drugs, alcohol and tobacco. 30-day use by young adults. the amount of chronic users of different illicit drugs. drug-related deaths. drug-related morbidity and then rates of d

mr. connelly, one of the five ways that someone can be determined to be a refugee is if they've been persecuted on the basis of their religion. and from the perspective of my office, it doesn't matter what their religion is. but if it's the reason they're being persecuted, then they could qualify to be determined to be a refugee. and so we see people fleeing from around the world -- >> but that's not my question, and i don't think that was the question being asked. are we constitutionally permitted, could you and your office put a little asterisk, we give a little extra weight if you're of a particular religion, is that constitutional? do you have the authority to do that? >> if it's the cause of their -- >> no, no. i'm not asking that question. >> i'm not going to change the program to somehow bring more of one particular religion than another. >> you're going to look at the nature of the refugee status. >> right. >> irrespective of religion. >> that's right. >> is that how it should work, in your opinion? >> yes, i'm actually very comfortable with that. >> because actually, that's what refuge

mr. connelly for yielding. >> the chair recognizes mr. mull vany for five minutes. >> gentlemen thank you very much for being here today. i want to go over a couple things mr. botticelli spoke about. i heard mr. botticll say it made significant progress. let's drill down into these seven goals. i couldn't find the seven goals. could you briefly tell us what they are? you mentioned one of them, eighth grade marijuana use. >> sure. seven national goals set out in the 2010 strategy were to look at three-day use by teenagers, eighth grade lifetime drug use alcohol, tobacco, illicit drugs. the amount of chronic users of illicit drugs drug-related deaths, morbidity and rates of drugged driving. >> all right. if i read the gao summary, stop me if i'm wrong and i'll ask you questions on this. but in march of 2013, the gao said that on those seven goals that had been laid out in 2010, that you folks, mr. botticelli had made progress on one. no progress on four. and there appeared to be a lack of data on the other two. your own analysis came out an

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mr. engel: thank you. let me again thank chairman royce for bringing this bill forward and representatives poe and connelly for their hard work. our foreign assistance helps improve the lives of people around the world and helps advance american interests and american values. foreign assistance deserves the continued support of congress. at the same time, we need to know our foreign assistance dollars are being put to the best use possible, that we're getting the biggest bang for our buck. the american people expect no less when it comes to their tax dollars and they are right. so let's stand up for foreign assistance and for transparency and accountability by passing this bill. i urge a yes vote. i congratulate judge poe and mr. connolly and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from texas. mr. poe: i yield myself the balance of the time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. poe: madam speaker, i want to thank mr. royce, the chairman, ranking member, mr. engel, and, of course, mr. connolly from virginia, for their suppor