mr. sherman: yes. -- parliamentary inquiry? smermsherm yes. -- mr. sherman: yes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. sherman: i yield four minutes to the gentleman from massachusetts. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized for four minutes. >> i thank the gentleman very much. the language which is in question here is language which was heard by mr. barton and i in 1999 as part of the consideration of the graham-leach-bliley bill. mr. markey: the language had, for privacy, none had been included in the senate, none had been included in the rest of the process. but as the bill came to the energy and commerce committee in 1999, mr. barton and i, we added privacy language. believing that as companies are able to consolidate, banking records, insurance records, brokerage records, the physical examinations of customers and their medical secrets, that there should be privacy here. we were no longer talking about just going into a bank and having old mr. wentwort there that you and your family had know

mr. sherman. mr. rohrabacher the chairman of the subcommittee on oversight and investigations is recognized. >> .. that can be reprioritized and i'm waiting for my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to address the chairman suggestion if we are spending a million dollars on global warming in this budget, wouldn't it be better for all of us, and more faithful to those serving us to allocate those funds for security if we think there's a security problem rather than for global warming which is not necessarily the purview of the state department? but in terms of, and remember that secretary lamb, assistant secretary lamb stated emphatically because it was my question and i wanted to get a specific answer, were bit just consider -- budget considerations your consideration at the benghazi consulate and her answer was an emphatic no, no. so there must be policies then that we need to look at to see if it wasn't a result from budget considerations, why did wind up having them? it was obviously a bad ca

mr. sherman, each will control 20 mince. mrs. capito: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on this will. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mrs. capito: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized. mrs. capito: this bill addresses issues some members had about the bill, the bill before the house today is substantially the same as the legislation that passed the house by voice vote in april 20, 10, weand actually debated this bill a week ago. i would like to thank the sponsors of the bill, of h.r. 5817, mr. luetkemeyer, mr. sherman, mrs. maloney and mr. capuano and mr. frank for agreeing to this language. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california -- the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. sherman: we passed substantially the same language two years ago by voice vote this bill has been amended by unanimous

mr. sherman. my name is matt schultz the secretary of state of iowa and i appreciate the opportunity to testify before the committee today and i want to thank senator grassley for extending the invitation before the committee. i was elected in 2010 fighting for election integrity was a cornerstone of my campaign to the it seems clear a lack of confidence in the integrity of elections is one of the reasons people do not vote. some believe their votes do not matter and that is the true cause of the voter suppression across this country. we have seen that measure adopted and protect the integrity of elections such as voter identification law has led to an increase in voter participation. opponents of the measures frequently claim those meant to enhance the integrity are suppressing the growth yet they offer no evidence to support their claims only the theories cloaked in political rhetoric. the truth is when he election officials take steps to secure the integrity and safety of the ballot box, confid

mr. sherman and i look forward to your questions. >> thank you very much, dr. fomunyoh. >> thank you mr. coons and a ranking member isaacson. [inaudible] sorry. do i need to press something? anyway. i have a loud voice. since april we have conducted for research missions during which i have interviewed hundreds of systems and witnesses in both mifsud the government controlled south. i've also spoken with a wide variety of other individuals from the armed factions in various different groups and religious leaders. i am also in daily contact with malians all over who keep me in a. this hearing comes at a critical time not only for mali but for the partners included in the united states and the struggle to establish the vision and actionable plan. to put mali back together in a way that doesn't simply turn back the clock to december, 2011. i will today briefly characterize the findings by all factions very briefly. it's more detailed in the testimony that i've submitted and then highlighted issues they might consider as a craft response to the crisis and perhaps mo

mr. sherman. i appreciate both witnesses being here today and the big picture we want to promote market integrity lower risk and have harmonize regulation both in the u.s. and internationally. i would like to start with harmonization because i think it is important how would you increase terms characterize the coordination between the sec and the cftc on the rules as they stand together are the new nettie, are you close, do you have distance between you? >> is exceptional and i want to take this moment to think chairman shapiro because i know her term as close up as well as mr. cook because they have been incredible part rose to this agency. we jointly put in place definition rules as the congress asked us to do and we've jointly address public reporting of hedge funds. we were not asked by the congress or required to be joined but we have to harmonize where we can but it's different in timing to read these completed a lot 80%, and robert can tell you and mr. cook can tell you their percentage but