mr. issa: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. issa: mr. speaker, as you know, the government accountability office is a legislative branch agency. that investigates how the federal government spends taxpayer dollars. often called the congressional watchdog, the g.a.o. investigates instances of waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government. my committee has direct jurisdiction over the g.a.o. congress must have current information on how federal programs are performing in order to both legislate and conduct meaningful oversight. the improvement act will enhance the g.a.o.'s ability to serve congress primarily by ensuring agencies have access to key data where housed in the expect -- warehoused in the executive branch. this bill ensures the g.a.o. has access to the national directory of new hires, which is used to verify eligibility . r federal programs to detect or prevent fraud, and to identify improper payments. h.r.

mr. issa: mr. speaker, i move the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 1163. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 1163, a bill to amend chapter 35 of title 44, united states code, to revise requirements relating to federal information security, nd for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california, mr. issa, and the gentleman from maryland, mr. cummings, will each control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. issa: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent -- i yield myself such time as i may consume and ask unanimous consent that members may have five legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. issa: thank you, mr. speaker. cybersecurity threats represent one of the most serious national security and e

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the unfinished business is voted on the motion of the gentleman from california, mr. issa. the clerk will report to the title. >> and the business of the house continues at this point. >> you know, you're asking about -- you're asking about freedoms. >> yeah. >> it's really an important question. >> we take it for granted, and maybe we're whistling past the graveyard some time when we don't expect it to happen again. >> we lost a lot of freedoms with the tsa. there isn't anybody in the country that particularly likes what is going on in the airport, even though most people believe it's a necessary evil. you know, regarding parks, regarding marathons, regarding outdoor activities, regarding baseball games, football games, anything. how far are we going to have to go to stop -- i'm going to confess to you right now at the top of the hour. about this story, i have a certain anger. i just do. i have a certain anger. >> and i'm sure -- >> i'm frustrated. i don't know how to stop this stuff. i know the authorities are doing the best they can every step of the way. i know they're

aware of any private counsel asking for security clearances, which is curious because apparently mr. issa, congressman issa wrote a letter to the department of state, the legal department on the 16th day of the month of april and then he wrote another letter on 4/26. the key is -- and if anybody at foggy bottom is watching -- there are people who want to tell us what happened in benghazi. give the attorneys the clearance so they can see that stuff and we can find out what happened. >>gretchen: let's talk about the latest update in the boston bombing situation. a new intelligence announcing that the investigation of course is going to be going on as to what happened with the communication failure with the f.b.i. and the c.i.a. potentially before the attacks happened. now could there also be more people of interest in this investigation? they tell us now that there has been female d.n.a. found on one of the bombs. so could it be from the female who sold the gun powder and those fireworks up in new hampshire to tamerlan? could it be the widow of tamerlan, catherine russell? yesterday investi

mr. issa: thank you, mr. speaker. the house just recently released a five separate committee report requested by the speaker of the house on the aftermath of benghazi. it tells the american people a story that needs to be told and has not yet been completed. the story is we did not protect our people in benghazi. the embassy asked for more security. secretary clinton cabled back no in april of 2012. on the very day, september 11, that the ambassador was killed along with three of his colleagues, he said it is not a question of if but when this will be -- this attack will come. today, congress has not yet seen a plan that ensures this will never happen again. the safety of our men and women all over the world, in the state department and other agencies, needs to be assured, mr. speaker, that the house needs to address this in a way that those who serve abroad will be properly protected. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does

the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman from california, mr. issa, to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 1163, on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 1163, a bill to amend chapter 35 of title 44, united states code, to revise requirements relating to federal information security, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill. members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 416. the nays zero. 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid

mr. perez. republican congressman darrell issa of california is chairman of the oversight committee part of this is out about mr. perez. congressman your critics say that these claims are dubious, that they are part of a broader political campaign to undermine the legal safeguard against discrimination that mr. perez was protecting. your response? >> unfortunately that is exactly the question that should be asked. why won't you want the u.s. supreme court to make a decision as tow a civi to a civil rights claim? why won't this president who signed a new strength in whistle-blower statute want a whistle-blower backed up? the $200 million is not the principle here. the principle here is whistle-blowers come forward, they do so to our benefit, the cases are about recovering money that the federal government gets cheated out of that's why our committee is so involved in it. from a standpoint of civil justice senator grassley and chairman goodlatt are involved in the whole question of what was mr. perez' constitutional duty? he had a constitutional duty to support and defend. he also had limited role

issa. >> i would ask that the house take a moment to recognize the loss of life in boston as this tragedy continues to unfold. >> thank you, mr. speaker. >> moment of silence for the victims of these two explosions in boston. the boston marathon being run this year in honor of the victims of newtown, a special flag with 26 stars for the 26 victims of newtown. now several dozen injured in boston today after those two explosions, two confirmed dead. i do want to go to fbi -- former fbi special agent brad garrett and pick up on the conversation we were having with pierre thomas just moments ago. brad, take us to what exactly the fbi is going to be combing through right now and what kind of clues they're going to be looking for. >> well, obviously as pierre mentioned they're going to be looking at the bomb and the make up of the bomb. that may give you some indicators to a particular group. i will tell you, george, this maybe has more the flavor of a domestic extremist group than it does an international group. now, we don't know that. >> why do you say that? >> well, the reason i say that is you're not -- it appears to me with p

mrs. clinton was aware security was being reduced. darrell issato react. >>> a group that sports assad claiming responsibility for a bogus tweet that sent the dow plunging 143 points in three minutes. the hackers attacked the a.p. twitter feed reporting explosions at the white house and president obama had been hurt. the white house quickly said everything was okay. the fake tweet erased some $42 billion in just that three minutes. >>> the last dance for strapless dresses. some parents are angry that redding middle school in new jersey banned their daughters from wearing strapless dresses. the principal says they're too distracting for the boys. >> the issue here is having someone interfere with my right to raise my children in a way that i think is appropriate. >> this year our school has definitely enforced dress code a lot. i don't know why this year more, but they're getting more strict. >> gretchen: parents petitioning the school board to overturn the policy before the dance on june 12. and those are your headlines today. >>> the f.b.i.'s foc

issa. >> i would ask that the house take a moment to recognize the loss of life in boston as this tragedy continues to unfold. >> thank you, mr. speaker. >> moment of silence for the victims of these two explosions in boston. the boston marathon being run this year in honor of the victims of newtown, a special flag with 26 stars for the 26 victims of newtown. now several dozen injured in boston today after those two explosions, two confirmed dead. i do want to go to fbi -- former fbi special agent brad garrett and pick up on the conversation we were having with pierre thomas just moments ago. brad, take us to what exactly the fbi is going to be combing through right now and what kind of clues they're going to be looking for. >> well, obviously as pierre mentioned they're going to be looking at the bomb and the make up of the bomb. that may give you some indicators to a particular group. i will tell you, george, this maybe has more the flavor of a domestic extremist group than it does an international group. now, we don't know that. >> why do you say that? >> well, the reason i say that is you're not -- it appears to me with p

mr. rosenstein on cnbc and we've had the ceo on cnbc. we've heard both sides. interestingly, this issation where the stock has done extraordinarily well and yet you had an activist get into the shares saying it could be better, arguing that the company is better off, jim, split as opposed to maintaining the retail wholesale operations. they have fought back valiantly, but let me get you the news or what appears to be the news. it says it believes that david rosenstein and david bullock appear to have enough votes to be elected to the board in the annual meeting. they know the vote ahead of time as opposed to having the meeting counted there. >> what is it? a chicago-style vote? >> i don't know. only they know the results of both sides based on the number of votes by these nominees and the contested turnout for canadian elections and he's offered to pay financial advisers -- we're not even going go in there. they think they've gotten two of the nominees. >> perhaps somewhat muted, activism, never been bigger and i can't tell you how many times i've heard from bankers hired by companies.