ruppersberger: mr. speaker, i rise in opposition although i am not opposed to the amendment. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. ruppersberger: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he wishes. mr. ruppersberger: i support all of these amendments. i agree with chairman rogers that it is very troubling when senior u.s. officials who know our most sensitive secrets leave the federal government and immediately go to work for a company that is owned by a foreign country that poses a significant counterintelligence threat to us. i do have some concerns that this restriction might be seen as singling out our intelligence professionals since it does not apply to every senior official in the government with a top secret clearance. and i would be in favor of a waiver procedure for when the risks are low, for example, for someone who wants to teach english at a state-funded university in his or her retirement. in the whole, i agree with mr. ro

ruppersberger: i'm ready to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for closing. mr. ruppersberger: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the u.s.a. freedom act is a bipartisan compromise that is strongly supported by the administration. our bill protects privacy and civil liberties while also protecting national security. i urge members to support the u.s.a. freedom act. nothing in this bill will legalize bulk collection. unfortunately, there are those members that are saying this will legalize bulk collection. it is clear that this bill, read the bill, states there will be no more bulk collection by the government. that's what the bill says. end of story. this bill balances the issue of taking care and protecting our country from people and individuals who want to kill us and attack us and our allies. yet it also does what's so important to americans, to make sure that we protect our actual rights and -- constitutional rights and prifecy. it is a balance, republicans,

ruppersberger: i'm ready to close. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for closing. mr. ruppersberger: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the u.s.a. freedom act is a bipartisan compromise that is strongly supported by the administration. our bill protects privacy and civil liberties while also protecting national security. i urge members to support the u.s.a. freedom act. nothing in this bill will legalize bulk collection. unfortunately, there are those members that are saying this will legalize bulk collection. it is clear that this bill, read the bill, states there will be no more bulk collection by the government. that's what the bill says. end of story. this bill balances the issue of taking care and protecting our country from people and individuals who want to kill us and attack us and our allies. yet it also does what's so important to americans, to make sure that we protect our actual rights and -- constitutional rights and prifecy. it is a balance, republicans,

i'm going to pull in congressman ruppersberger. please give a quick thanks. [applause] thank you. but i want to pull in governor poe lenty. -- polenti. he's heading up the roundtable which includes all the banking institutions. we've heard already about some of government sponsored attacks iranco but saudia also american institutions. >> first of all, thank you to all the panelists for your great leadership and public service, particularly on these issues. mr. president, it's an honor to see you again and thank you for being here. chairman rogers, we're going to miss you and i think the country's national security posture will miss you and your leadership. thank you for all you've done. i want to talk about the senate version of the cispa bill. i think the congressman indicated it's hung up post-snowden because of post-snowden concerns about personal information. although the bill, as you know, chairman, is about threat information sharing. and given the magnitude and pace and increased sophistication of these attacks, time is of the essence. i know you've done a great work of re-

congressman rogers, congressman ruppersberger, if you had to rack and stack the threat environment we see today, we've heard a little bit about what estonia is doing to defend not only their country from a national security perspective but also their citizens from misuse and breaches and the like. if you were to rack and stack the threat environment today, where would you put the various actors? because i mean we tend to speak of these issues loosely. computer network exploit, for example, is not the same as computer network attack. countries that may have intentions to steal secrets may not necessarily at this point have the same intent to attack. but if you were to look at the threat environment, i'd love to hear from the two of you where you see that. and then you guys have both passed bipartisan legislation on the house side. i think it's fair to y

ruppersberger: thank you, mr. chair. i yield myself such time as i may consume.chair: the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he may consume. mr. ruppersberger: chairman rogers, i thank you for your comments but i also have the same comments for you. when we took the leadership of this committee we knew that the stakes were so high and that we had to work together on behalf of the members of the united states -- on behalf of the people of united states of america. we came together with republicans, democrats, liberals, conservatives, moderates all realizing we had to come together. because of your leadership, because of your focus we have been able to pass fisa and hopefully we'll pass these bills today. we'll miss you, but you'll always be there as my friend and i'll always respect you as a great american who cares about the united states. thank you. now, we need to pass this intelligence authorization act for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 to ensure rigorous oversight and accountability over all u.s. intelligence agencies and all u.s. intelligence activitie

ruppersberger, will each control 10 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from virginia, mr.oodlatte. mr. goodlatte: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. goodlatte: pr the founding of the american -- from the founding of the american republic, this country has been engaged in a profound debate about the limits of government. in the federalist papers, the founders argued passionately for a federal government that would protect the american people from foreign threats. at the same time, the founders struggled to create a structure to contain and control that government in order to protect the god-given rights of the american people. they carefully crafted the constitution and bill of rights to accomplish these two different yet complementary goals. in essence, this debate has illuminated the exceptionality of the united states. the ceaseless effort to he restrain the reach of government is in our d.n.a. as americans and for 225 years, we have refused to accept the idea that in order to have national se

i also want to express appreciation to chairman rogers and ranking member ruppersberger for their willingnesswork with us to reach this point. the house is poised to approve the first significant rollback of any aspect of government surveillance since the passage of the foreign intelligence surveillance act in 1978. we must seize this opportunity. so i urge my colleagues to support h.r. 3361, and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from virginia is recognized. million goodlatte: i yield myself 15 seconds. i neglected to add another key member of the committee, congressman randy forbes of virginia, a member of the judiciary committee, who has also been a key bipartisan member of this negotiation. at this time it is my pleasure to yield six minutes to the gentleman from wisconsin, the chairman of the crime, terrorism, and homeland security investigation subcommittee, and the chief sponsor of this legislation, mr. sensenbrenner. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from wisconsin is recognized for six minutes. mr. sensenbrenner: i wa

represent is michael rogers of michigan and dutch ruppersberger of maryland at 11 a.m. eastern. >> one of the stories that resonated with me was the moment when they are dithering about whether or not they need to inject sea water into unit one. and it's a matter of, the clock is ticking and there are just about down to the wire. and the plant superintendent, who in the end would have to make the final call, knows it's desperate. they need to get water in there very quickly. and meanwhile, everybody wants a say, and the officials and japanese government officials are all just kind of hemming and hawing. and the supervisor gets an order from one of his supervisors at tepco that the government hasn't signed off on yet and jus yes to both. he's already started, and so he basically calls one of his staff people over and says okay, i'm going to give in order but ignored. so he very loudly proclaim so ever in tokyo kinnear community, hope the seawater injection when, in fact, they didn't. to me that was that was the human element in the story in which come in japan where igno