mr. schiff at this time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized for one minute. mr. schiff: i thank the gentleman for yielding the additional time just to respond to my colleague. i'd be interested to know if there's anything you can point to in those 17 amendments that governs or requires the private sector when it shares information with other private sector entities to remove personally identifiable information, because under the bill, the only minimumization hat's being required is by the government. so this is the big hole and while there are many private sector companies that may support the bill because it gives them broad immunity without broad responsibility, that doesn't mean it's good policy. particularly when private companies have said they would make reasonable efforts, they're willing to do it, they can do it, they have the capacity to do it, we're just not asking them to do it. we're requiring them to do it, and we're giving something of great value to them and th

mr. schiff, follow up a little bit on what he brought up. the president used very strong language, he qused the word lie, you can disagrea with someone's, you know, positions and someone's advocacy but using the word lie i'm a little worried about. some of the things said about the system, i have said. so i'm just going to delve into a little bit. before we expand she system in general i want to ask, is the current program effective and is it enforced? i'm going to briefly teal with these two. in terms of effectiveness, you are aware in the state of maryland, the last figures i have is from 2011, i'll ask to get the most updated figures from maryland. there were only 61 records in the nix system, five felons and 6 people of mental health. so only 61 people in the whole state of maryland rejected under a nix inquiry in 2011. that means a person and i believe i've been in the prison, we have more than five felons, that means only 61 people will be denied going into a store today, picking up a military rifle off the rack, standard issue world w

mr. schiff indicated that i come up enough and an ability.i don't want to pledge something i don't have the ability to confirm right now. >> when you ask questions of your employees come in the general pretty quickly. >> generally. that doesn't mean all the time. answer.inly by the end ofnow >> operably, yes. >> the only question this time. the thought of same. >> would you please give a chairman a commitment? >> the answer is yes and i'm sure mr. rooney will work out. with your prmissio, i think both of us will come. >> absolutely. thank you, mr. chairman. >> mr. harris -- now, mr. [inaudible] >> thank you, mr. chairman. it's not easy to go back to regular questions after this discussion, but i thank the gentleman from florida, mr. rooney has concerns. but like mr. schiff, i also heard in spite of the emotions above, i heard determination by a lot of people to get to the bottom of this and resolve it. i heard from the ranking member, the attorney general and i think it will happen. whether it's a matter of picking a date or time come it take

mr. schiff indicated, that i come up here and have -- i probably can't. i don't want to pledge something that i don't have the ability to confirm that. i don't want to put myself -- >> when you ask questions of your employers, they generally answer very quickly? >> generally. that doesn't mean all the time. >> so certainly by the end of the human know the answer to that question? >> probably, yes. and speeded with mr. wolf -- spent we can probably answer this question very quickly. the only question is time. that's all i was saying speak would you please give the chairman a commitment? >> the answer is yes and i appreciate that and i'm sure that mr. rooney does or we will work out, and mr. rooney, with your permission i think mr. fattah, both of us will,. >> absolutely. thank you, mr. chairman. >> mr. harris? no. mr. serrano, excuse me. >> thank you, mr. chairman. it's not easy to go back to regular questions after this discussion, but i think the gentleman from florida, mr. rooney, has legitimate heartfelt concerns. but like mr. schiff, i also heard, in

mr. schiff. >> thank you, mr. chairman. welcome, congratulations, director, on your new post. two questions, one for director brennan, one for director clapper. director brennan, this is a combination intel and policy question, i would be interested in your thoughts in either dimension. what we think the iranians are concluding from the fact that gaddafi had no nuclear weapons and he is dead and buried, that north korea does, that kim jong , reckless, inexperienced, but nonetheless in control of his country. what do you think the iranians are concluding from this? and how do we make sure that the iranians don't wrong the -- draw the wrong conclusion? is there anything we can do to make sure they don't. director clapper, you may have seen that maliki wrote an op-ed recently in the "washington post," among other things he said iraq opposes any arms transfers to either side in syria. do you buy it? or do you believe that maliki and the iraqi government is knowingly and willfully allowing flights of arms over iraqi territory to supply the assad regime? is a much different type of

mr. schiff. my daughter, who has a degree in national relations, has studying thatime part of the world and she has was 16at by the time he years old and was already damaged goods. it was probably the only way he could get schooling over there. the other thing is the mosque he has been thrown out of, hopefully they will use that as an opportunity to say we should have reported him and other mosques will be the same way instead of living in fear. guest: i think it is very illustrative that his conduct is shouting at the mosque, or his disagreement on whether it was appropriate to recognize something like martin luther king day, it sheds a lot of light within was 16 years old the muslim community for the tolerance for the attitudes that he showed. i do not know if he advocated jihad within the mosque. i do not know if there was an advocate -- adequate basis to report him. just on the basis of publicly available information and comments he made, i do not know if that would have risen to the level of

mr. schiff, for five minutes. [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. thompson, for five minutes. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, this coming weekend, i have the opportunity and the honor to attend the penn state university's 11th annual equine quarter horse sale. horses of various breeds have always been a part of penn state's department of dairy and animal science. penn state started the move towards the lighter horse types. today, p.s.u. focuses on the quarter horse for its diversibility, from working stock to show and recreation. quarter horses are estimated to generate more than $10.5 billion in economic output nationally. now, this saturday, 21 quarter horses will go on the auction block at penn state's popular equine science showcase and quarter horse sale. the auction has grown with support from students and p

mr. schiff. however the underlying legislation is, as my friend from georgia said, a bipartisan bill that aims to safeguard our nation's computer networks and critical infrastructure by allowing for two-way cyberthreat information sharing on an entirely voluntary basis. both between the private sector and the federal government and within the private sector itself. in his march 12, 2013 testimony, before the senate intelligence committee, the director of national intelligence, james clapper, stated for the first time that cyberattacks and cyberespionage have supplanted terrorism as the top security threat basing the united states. in recent months, media reports have highlighted cyberattacks on several major u.s. companies, including facebook, google, and the network security from r.s.a., as well as "the new york times," bloomberg news, and "the washington post" newspapers. furthermore, government networks such as those of the central intelligence agency and the united states senate have also bee