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mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. goodlatte: the national computer forensic -- forensics institute serves a vital purpose in preparing state and local law enforcement to combat computer and cybercrime and i'm pleased to support this legislation. the united states department of justice has declared that cybercrime is one of the greatest threats facing our country. and that cybercrime has enormous implications for our national security, economic prosperity and public safety. the justice department has also stated that the range of threats and the challenges they present for law enforcement ex pabbedpand just as -- expand just as rapidly as technology evolves. with this in mind, the national computer forensics institute serves the vital purpose of providing legal and judicial professionals a free comprehensive education on current cybercrime trends, investigative methods and prosecutorial and judicial challenges.
mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. goodlatte: the national computer forensic -- forensics institute serves a vital purpose in preparing state and local law enforcement to combat computer and cybercrime and i'm pleased to support this legislation. the united states department of justice has declared that cybercrime is one of the greatest threats facing our country. and that cybercrime has enormous...
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mr. goodlatte: i yield myself the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. goodlatte: this is a very good amendment that will help create hundreds of thousands of jobs by getting projects that have been delayed all across this country moving if supported by many on both sides of the aisle in both chambers of this institution and we worked closely with democrats and republicans and we've worked closely with the white house on this language. this is ready for prime time. this is ready to go. it's very appropriate to include it in this legislation because transportation projects will be the biggest beneficiary of this streamlining or permitting that will take place as a result of adoption of this legislation. i urge my colleagues to support this amendment and the underlying bill. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from virginia. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed to. it is now in order to consider amendment number 21 p
mr. goodlatte: i yield myself the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. goodlatte: this is a very good amendment that will help create hundreds of thousands of jobs by getting projects that have been delayed all across this country moving if supported by many on both sides of the aisle in both chambers of this institution and we worked closely with democrats and republicans and we've worked closely with the white house on this language. this is ready for prime time....
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mr. goodlatte: mr.speaker, pursuant to house resolution 531, i call up h.r. 4038 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 4038, a bill to require that complell certifications and background investigations be completed prior to the admission of certain aliens as refugees, and or other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the chair would ask all members to please clear the well. ask all members to please take their conversations from the floor. ask all members and staff to please take their seats. pursuant to house resolution 531, the bill is considered as read. the bill shall be debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on judiciary. the gentleman from virginia, mr. goodlatte, and the gentleman from michigan, mr. conyers, will each control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia. mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent t
mr. goodlatte: mr.speaker, pursuant to house resolution 531, i call up h.r. 4038 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 4038, a bill to require that complell certifications and background investigations be completed prior to the admission of certain aliens as refugees, and or other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the chair would ask all members to please clear the well. ask all members to please take...
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mr. goodlatte, the gentleman from california, mr. denham, the gentleman from illinois mr.davis, the gentleman from illinois mr. lipinski and the gentleman from california, the agle scout in the crowd, mr. armindi. anybody who has anything in writing please leave that for our stenographer. john, i'll have you move around. it is a better shot of you with the camera if we get you right next to bob. yeah. i know. it is if you're from california. before we get started i want to defer to my friend the gentleman from florida for any opening statement he'd like to make. [audio difficulty] >> the committee, our staff spent a good deal of time going through the amendments but there is nothing better than having the real, live person behind the name come up and explain the importance of this. i want you to know that this committee is excited about getting this bill. we have been waiting for this rather than an extension for a long, long time. and we have seen many of you have been pushing some amendments on a lot of bills that go through. but this is the, i think the right day to try
mr. goodlatte, the gentleman from california, mr. denham, the gentleman from illinois mr.davis, the gentleman from illinois mr. lipinski and the gentleman from california, the agle scout in the crowd, mr. armindi. anybody who has anything in writing please leave that for our stenographer. john, i'll have you move around. it is a better shot of you with the camera if we get you right next to bob. yeah. i know. it is if you're from california. before we get started i want to defer to my friend...
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mr. goodlatte: mr.speaker, pursuant to house resolution 531, i call up h.r. 4038 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 4038, a bill to require that complell certifications and background investigations be completed prior to the admission of certain aliens as refugees, and or other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the chair would ask all members to please clear the well. ask all members to please take their conversations from the floor. ask all members and staff to please take their seats. pursuant to house resolution 531, the bill is considered as read. the bill shall be debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on judiciary. the gentleman from virginia, mr. goodlatte, and the gentleman from michigan, mr. conyers, will each control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia. mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent t
mr. goodlatte: mr.speaker, pursuant to house resolution 531, i call up h.r. 4038 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 4038, a bill to require that complell certifications and background investigations be completed prior to the admission of certain aliens as refugees, and or other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the chair would ask all members to please clear the well. ask all members to please take...
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mr. goodlatte: mr.aker, pursuant to house resolution 531, i call up h.r. 4038 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 4038, a bill to require that complell certifications and background investigations be completed prior to the admission of certain aliens as refugees, and or other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the chair would ask all members to please clear the well. ask all members to please take their conversations from the floor. ask all members and staff to please take their seats. pursuant to house resolution 531, the bill is considered as read. the bill shall be debatable for one hour equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on judiciary. the gentleman from virginia, mr. goodlatte, and the gentleman from michigan, mr. conyers, will each control 30 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia. mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that
mr. goodlatte: mr.aker, pursuant to house resolution 531, i call up h.r. 4038 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 4038, a bill to require that complell certifications and background investigations be completed prior to the admission of certain aliens as refugees, and or other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the chair would ask all members to please clear the well. ask all members to please take their...
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last month chairman goodlatte and mr. conyers put forward a house version of criminal justice reform. do you foresee criminal justice reform happen big the end of this congress? mr. ryan: i'm not going to commit to floor actions, that's something i want to make jointly with members of the caucus. i am in favor of criminal justice reform. i support those, put those in a plan i put out as budget chair, co-sponsored bills before i became p speaker. it's an issue i think needs attending to. but we'll have the house work its will. we'll work through the committee process like i mentioned. the committee as you discussed is already work on these issues. that is an issue i think we hould be addressing. >> the president and the administration put out the idea that it is studying where to place guantanamo detainees and the possibility of the president taking whatever executive action he think he is can to try to live up to his promise to close that facility. what are your thoughts about that right now? and over on the senate side,
last month chairman goodlatte and mr. conyers put forward a house version of criminal justice reform. do you foresee criminal justice reform happen big the end of this congress? mr. ryan: i'm not going to commit to floor actions, that's something i want to make jointly with members of the caucus. i am in favor of criminal justice reform. i support those, put those in a plan i put out as budget chair, co-sponsored bills before i became p speaker. it's an issue i think needs attending to. but...
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goodlatte: do you agree with that, mr. rodriguez? mr. rodriguez: i do agree. rep. goodlatte: how about you? >> i agree. rep. goodlatte: i am sure that you disagree with his testimony that it is not sufficient. ms. richard: what director call ey does not say is that it is normal or the u.s. government to have no information -- rep. goodlatte: that is not true. he was in this committee and said that there is a huge difference between the syrian population and the iraqi population. intelligence on the iraqi population. ms. richard: the reason is that iraqis and afghan programs were not in normal rescue programs. we take people who have served from the u.s. military and worked alongside our troops from iraq. there is a great deal of information about them available. rep. goodlatte: reclaiming my time -- he has testified again and again and again that we do not have sufficient vetting. i trust him a lot more with my national security then i request -- then i respect you. you have a mission, which is to bring more refugees to the united states. i respect that you have tha
goodlatte: do you agree with that, mr. rodriguez? mr. rodriguez: i do agree. rep. goodlatte: how about you? >> i agree. rep. goodlatte: i am sure that you disagree with his testimony that it is not sufficient. ms. richard: what director call ey does not say is that it is normal or the u.s. government to have no information -- rep. goodlatte: that is not true. he was in this committee and said that there is a huge difference between the syrian population and the iraqi population....
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goodlatte: do you agree with that, mr. rodriguez? mr. rodriguez: i do agree. rep. goodlatte: how about you? >> i agree. rep. goodlatte: i am sure that you disagree with his testimony that it is not sufficient. ms. richard: what director call me does not say is that it is normal or the u.s. government to have no information -- rep. goodlatte: that is not true. he was in this committee and said that there is a huge difference between the syrian population and the iraqi population. intelligence on the iraqi population. ms. richard: the reason is that iraqis and afghan programs were not in normal rescue programs. we take people who have served from the u.s. military and worked alongside our troops from iraq. there is a great deal of information about them available. rep. goodlatte: reclaiming my he has testified again and again and again that we do not have sufficient vetting. i trust him a lot more with my national security then i request -- then i respect you. you have a mission, which is to bring more refugees to the united states. i respect that you have that work t
goodlatte: do you agree with that, mr. rodriguez? mr. rodriguez: i do agree. rep. goodlatte: how about you? >> i agree. rep. goodlatte: i am sure that you disagree with his testimony that it is not sufficient. ms. richard: what director call me does not say is that it is normal or the u.s. government to have no information -- rep. goodlatte: that is not true. he was in this committee and said that there is a huge difference between the syrian population and the iraqi population....
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mr. goodlatte. >> turn one. an immigration standpoint perhaps the most essential lesson from the nine 9/11 terrorist attacks is that foreign nationals who want to do us harm will export all aspects of our generous immigration policy to do so. even if it takes months or years. tragically our allies in france learned that same lesson when over 120 people, including at least one american, were slaughtered by isis terrorist. and we know that at least one of the perpetrators registered as a refugee from syria while in transit to paris. armed with that knowledge, today we examine the administration's plan to admit thousands of syrians into the u.s. as refugees. during fiscal year 2015 the president admitted 1682 syrian refugees to the u.s. then in late september the administration announced during this fiscal year they plan to admit at least 10,000 more than that number could go even higher as secretary of state john kerry stated, i underscore the at least do it is not a ceiling. it is a floor. so since the overall ce
mr. goodlatte. >> turn one. an immigration standpoint perhaps the most essential lesson from the nine 9/11 terrorist attacks is that foreign nationals who want to do us harm will export all aspects of our generous immigration policy to do so. even if it takes months or years. tragically our allies in france learned that same lesson when over 120 people, including at least one american, were slaughtered by isis terrorist. and we know that at least one of the perpetrators registered as a...
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last month chairman goodlatte and mr. conyers put forward a house version of criminal justice reform. do you foresee criminal justice reform happen big the end of this congress? mr. ryan: i'm not going to commit to floor actions, that's something i want to make jointly with members of the caucus. i am in favor of criminal justice reform. i support those, put those in a plan i put out as budget chair, co-sponsored bills before i became p speaker. it's an issue i think needs attending to. but we'll have the house work its will. we'll work through the committee process like i mentioned. the committee as you discussed is already work on these issues. that is an issue i think we hould be addressing. >> the president and the administration put out the idea that it is studying where to place guantanamo detainees and the possibility of the president taking whatever executive action he think he is can to try to live up to his promise to close that facility. what are your thoughts about that right now? and over on the senate side,
last month chairman goodlatte and mr. conyers put forward a house version of criminal justice reform. do you foresee criminal justice reform happen big the end of this congress? mr. ryan: i'm not going to commit to floor actions, that's something i want to make jointly with members of the caucus. i am in favor of criminal justice reform. i support those, put those in a plan i put out as budget chair, co-sponsored bills before i became p speaker. it's an issue i think needs attending to. but...
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mr. conyers for his opening statement. >> thank you, chairman goodlatte. your opening statement could be the basis of a hearing all of its own and appreciate your views. madam attorney general, welcome to the house judiciary committee. nearly seven months ago, after much delay in the senate you took over the department of justice with not one but two tours of duty at the u.s. attorney for the eastern district of new york. you are unquestionably the right leader at the right time for the important work of the department of justice. nowhere is your leadership more important than in national security. the attacks on paris, france, leave no doubt that our most pressing mission -- yours and ours -- remains protecting the american people and unfortunately history shows that tragic events like these that are followed by calls for drastic action already we've heard proposals to undue encryption. to roll back surveillance roe form and deport some of the vulnerable among us. i urge restraint in these matters, madam attorney general. at this time we have very little
mr. conyers for his opening statement. >> thank you, chairman goodlatte. your opening statement could be the basis of a hearing all of its own and appreciate your views. madam attorney general, welcome to the house judiciary committee. nearly seven months ago, after much delay in the senate you took over the department of justice with not one but two tours of duty at the u.s. attorney for the eastern district of new york. you are unquestionably the right leader at the right time for the...
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mr. conyers, for his opening chairman. >> thank you, chairman goodlatte. good morning, director comey. we welcome you for this second appearance before the house judiciary committee since taking office on september the 4th, 2013. the fbi's mission is a complex undertaking to protect the united states from terrorism, to enforce our criminal laws, and to lead the nation's law enforcement community. and yet, as vast as this mission seems, i think nearly all of the discussion we will have here today can be distilled into one word: "trust." trust in the executive branch to respect and secure our privacy and civil liberties. trust in the fbi as an institution. trust in state and local agencies that police our communities. in many respects, director comey, i think we agree on this point. for example, you have spoken powerfully about the hard truths we must keep in mind when we discuss race and policing, and particularly when we discuss the use of force by police officers. i'm told that you require all new agencies to study the fbi's interaction with dr. martin luther king jr. and to visit his
mr. conyers, for his opening chairman. >> thank you, chairman goodlatte. good morning, director comey. we welcome you for this second appearance before the house judiciary committee since taking office on september the 4th, 2013. the fbi's mission is a complex undertaking to protect the united states from terrorism, to enforce our criminal laws, and to lead the nation's law enforcement community. and yet, as vast as this mission seems, i think nearly all of the discussion we will have...
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mr. conniers for his opening statement. >> thank you, chairman goodlatte. your opening statement could be the basis of a hearing all of its own and appreciate your views. madam attorney general, welcome to the hassan rouhani judiciary committee. nearly seven months ago, after much delay in the senate you took over the department of justice with not one but two tours of duty at the u.s. attorney for the eastern district of new york you are unquestionably the right leader at the right time for the important work of the department of justice. nowhere is your leadership more important than in national security. the attacks on paris, france, leave no doubt that our most pressing mission -- yours and ours -- remains protecting the american people and unfortunately history shows that tragic events like these that are followed by calls for drastic action already we've heard proposals to undue encryption. to roll back surveillance roe form and deport some of the mous vulnerable among us. i urge restraint in these matters, madam attorney general. at this time we have
mr. conniers for his opening statement. >> thank you, chairman goodlatte. your opening statement could be the basis of a hearing all of its own and appreciate your views. madam attorney general, welcome to the hassan rouhani judiciary committee. nearly seven months ago, after much delay in the senate you took over the department of justice with not one but two tours of duty at the u.s. attorney for the eastern district of new york you are unquestionably the right leader at the right time...
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mr. chairman, i really don't have a comment on the president's statements. >> thank you very much. the chair recognizes the ranking member, the gentleman from michigan. >> thank you very much, chairman goodlatte. attorney general lynch, i want at my panel at this year's congressional black caucus legislative forum. it was marvelous. at that event you spoke about the breakdown in trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve. you also spoke about getting to the root of the problem with a comprehensive approach to training, to policy, and to research. many of the law enforcement officers in attendance agreed with your comments. how are you planning on reaching out to the broader law enforcement community to promote these ideas? >> thank you, mr. conyers, congressman conyers. this is, in fact, one of my top priorities as attorney general. i'm incredibly proud to say that the department of justice has already begun the type of outreach that i was discussing at that particular event. through our cops office in particular, the community-oriented policing service office, we reach out directly to police departments across the country and offer technical assistance. we offer training. w
mr. chairman, i really don't have a comment on the president's statements. >> thank you very much. the chair recognizes the ranking member, the gentleman from michigan. >> thank you very much, chairman goodlatte. attorney general lynch, i want at my panel at this year's congressional black caucus legislative forum. it was marvelous. at that event you spoke about the breakdown in trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve. you also spoke about getting to the root of...
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mr. conyers for his opening statement. >> thank you, chairman goodlatte.opening statement could be the basis of a hearing all of its own, and i appreciate your views. madam attorney general, welcome to the house judiciary committee. nearly seven months ago after much delay in the senate, you took over the department of justice with not one, but two tours of duty at the u.s. attorney for the eastern district of new york. you are unquestionably the right leader at the right time for the important work of the department of justice. know where is your leadership more important than in national security. the attacks on paris, france, leave no doubt that are most pressing mission, yours and ours, remains protecting the american people and, unfortunately, history shows that tragic events like these are followed by calls for drastic action. already we have heard proposals to undo encryption, to rollback surveillance reform come into port some of the most vulnerable among us. i urge we straining these matters, madam attorney general. at this time we have very littl
mr. conyers for his opening statement. >> thank you, chairman goodlatte.opening statement could be the basis of a hearing all of its own, and i appreciate your views. madam attorney general, welcome to the house judiciary committee. nearly seven months ago after much delay in the senate, you took over the department of justice with not one, but two tours of duty at the u.s. attorney for the eastern district of new york. you are unquestionably the right leader at the right time for the...