mr. sanford: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to include material. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. sanford: i see my chairman right here. should i yield to you, sir? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from north carolina is recognized. >> i thank the gentleman and i thank him for his work on this bipartisan piece of legislation. i rise in strong support of h.r. 4803, the t.s.a. office of inspector accountability act of 2014. again i'd like to commend the gentleman from south carolina, mr. sanford, for developing this commonsense bill. which increases accountability within t.s.a. and saves precious taxpayer dollars by requiring the agency to correctly designate criminal investigators within the office of inspection. mr. hudson: according to the department of homeland security inspector general, t.s.a. does not ensure that its criminal investigators in the office of inspection are meeting the federal work load requirements for law enfor

mr. sanford an 8 on the credibility scale, meaning very credible.id, i can't recommend tractor supply aggressively as these levels because the stock is all about consistency. if it can't deliver consistent numbers it deserves a lower price-to-earnings multiple. third, ahem, timber! we got lumber liquidators. north america's largest specialty retailer of hardwood flooring and the back stop for many a stadium. last wednesday, this company came out with a drastic negative preannouncement, just slashing its earnings forecast, reporting a hideous 7% decline in same store sales for the current quarter. what excuse did ceo robert lynch have for his company's hideous performance? all right. let's see, and i quote, "customer traffic to our stores was significantly weaker than we expected, particularly in geographic areas severely impacted by the unusually harsh winter in the first quarter. the improvement in customer demand we experienced beginning in mid-march did not carry into may and june, weakening further." all right. let me think. let me think. they s

mr. sanford is recognized. >> yes, sir, mr. fugate you've been incredibly patient. given the fact were in hurricane season and i am from the coast, i'll be calling. to you, mr. secretary, i'm a huge fan. you know, the things you've done in the united states military i think are just incredible. i've been watching you the last couple hours during testimony. i wrote down bearing of a military officer, verbal dexterity of a philadelphia lawyer, and concisiveness of a ceo. >> i don't know where you got the philadelphia lawyer. >> but in the few minutes you have, a couple fairly pointed questions that i would ask that you answer as quickly as possible. all in all, i'm a big fan. fair enough? >> here it comes. >> you know, going back to being a lt. way back when, it just strikes me as you set up a perimeter, it's not a conditional perimeter. if not contingent on what mexico might do or what pakistan might do. it is an absolute perimeter. i think one of the things that the american public is thirsting for is the same kind of decisiveness in reality they see in military in

mr. sanford is recognized. >> thank you for your testimony. mr. fugate, you've been incredibly patient during this testimony because a lot of the questions haven't been towards you but given that we are in hurricane season and i live on the coast, i'll be calling. mr. secretary, i am a huge fan. the things that you have done for the united states military is just incredible. i wrote down, bearing of a military officer, verbal dexterity of a philadelphia lawyer and so i'm a big fan. but in the few minutes i have, i'm going to ask a couple of pointed questions that i'd ask you to answer as quickly as possible so i can run through in my quick five minutes. all with the caveat that i'm a big fan. fair enough? >> yes. here it comes. >> okay. you know, going back to being a lieutenant wait back when, it just strikes me that, you know, as you guys set up a perimeter in the military, it is not a conditional perimeter. it's not contingent on what mexico might do or pakistan might do. it is an absolute perimeter. i think one of the things that the american