i sat next to mr. hurd who served his country valiantly, put his life on the line. i don't know if you could sense the passion and intensity of his questions, because he knows people whose lives are on the line right now. and in regard to his questions, if someone, a u.s. intelligence agent, had their mission compromised or worse, been killed or injured or captured because of the carelessness of someone responsible for protecting classified information, would intent matter at that point? >> in deciding whether to prosecute the person? of course. but -- yes. that's the answer. of course it would. it would -- the matter would be deadly serious. but the legal standards would be the same. >> what we're dealing with in this hearing is not the lack of due diligence in handling routine government data or information, but the lack of due diligence by secretary clinton and her carelessness in handling classified information that could have compromised american national security and as mr. hurd pointed out, the missions and personal safety of our intelligence agents. that tro

i sat here next to mr. hurd, who served our country valiantly, put his life on the line, and i don't know if you could sense the passion and intensity of his questions, because he knows people whose lives are on the line right now. and in regard to his questions, if someone, a u.s. intelligence agent, had their mission compromised or worse had been killed or injured or captured because of the carelessness of someone responsible for protecting classified information, would intent matter at that point? >> in deciding whether to prosecute the person? of course. but, yeah -- that's the answer. of course, it would. it would -- the matter would be deadly serious, but the legal standards would be the same. >> well, what we're dealing with in this hearing is not the lack of due diligence in handling routine government data or information, but the lack of due diligence by secretary clinton and her carelessness in handling classified information that could have compromised american national security and as mr. hurd pointe

i sat here next to mr. hurd, valiantly and put his life on the line, he knows people whose lives are on the line right now. if someone, a u.s. intelligence agent had a mission compromised, or were seven killed or injured or captured because of carelessness of someone responsible for protecting classified information, would intent matter at that point? director comey: in deciding whether to prosecute the person? of course. of course it would. a deadlymatter, serious matter. the legal standards would be the same. representative: what we are dealing with in this hearing is not the lack of due diligence information, but the lack of due diligence by secretary clinton and her carelessness that could have compromised american national security.and is mr. hurd pointed out, the missions of our intelligence agents. that troubles me greatly. and i think the issue here, and i do respect you, i have spoken in your defense many times. at this point, to my detriment. but i do believe your answers are honest and factual. but ba

and i congratulate my colleague, mr. hurd, for his leadership in introducing this legislation. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan. mr. levin: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in support of h.r. 5252, serna was an no undocumented immigrant who became the most decorated solder from texas in world war and the first hispanic to be awarded the distinguished service cross, the highest military decoration of the united states army after the medal of honor. by designating this port in his name, his exemplary service is fully recognized to our country. . i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas. mr. johnson: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to enter into the record the statement of the bill's sponsor, mr. hurd, who isn't here at the moment, and ask that it be entered in the record? the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. johnson: thank you. and i urge my colleagues to sup

. >> now recognize the general theman from texas, mr. hurd. >> eye i'm offended by them saying this is political theater. for me, this is serious. i spent 9 1/2 years as an undercover officer in the cia. i was the guy in the back alleys collecting intelligence, passing it to lawmakers. i've seen my friends killed. i've seen assets put themselves in harm's way. this is about protecting information. the most sensitive information. the american government has. i wish my colleagues would take this a little more seriously. mr. comey, director comey, excuse me, s.a.p., special access program, you eluded, that includes sci information. does sci information include humit and signit? >> yes. >> information collected from people putting themselves in harm's way to give us information to drive foreign policies. signals intelligence. some of the most sensitive things to understand what al qaeda is doing what isis is doing. so the former secretary of state had an unauthorized server. those are your words. in her basement, correct? >> correct. >> who was p

mrs. clinton fought would be more secure than the leaky system at thestate department, i yield back . >> i now recognize the gentleman from texas, mister hurd for five minutes. >> thank you mister chairman. after chairman, i'm offended. i'm offended by my friend from the other side of the political aisle to frame this as political theater. this is not political theater. for me, this is serious. i spent 9 and a half years as an undercover officer in the cia. i was a guy in the back alleys collecting intelligence,passing it to lawmakers. i see my friends killed, seen assets themselves in harms way and this is about protecting information , the most sensitive information the american government has and i wish my colleagues would take this a little more seriously.director comey, sat, special access program you will to earlier that includes fbi information, this information includes humus and incidents. >> yes.>> human intelligence information collected from people putting themselves in harm's way to give us information to drive foreign policy, signals intelligence, some of the most sensitive things to understand what al qaeda is doing, what isi