Transcripts For CSPAN House Oversight Committee Votes On Sub

Transcripts For CSPAN House Oversight Committee Votes On Subpoena For White House Records 20240714

Without objection, the bill is considered read and open to amendment at any point. I now recognize myself for five minutes. I want to thank my colleagues in the senate. , margaretry peters hassan, and ron johnson, for on the federal Rotational Cyber Workforce Program act of 2019. The bipartisan bill passed the senate by unanimous consent at the end of april, and i am pleased to consider it today. This measure would create a program in which cyber personnel could be detailed to other agencies to develop additional skills and help build fill agency skill gaps. Requireslation would identifying cyber petitions positions eligible for rotation and report those to the office of personnel management. It would be required to distribute a list of the positions available for participation. The bill would require opm, officers andapital the department of Homeland Security to develop an Operational Plan for the program that includes a merit based selection process. Details would be anda maximum of one year they would be required to return to their employing agency to serve for the same length of time. I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting this bipartisan bill. It is a Good Government bill. With that, i yield to the distinguished gentleman from ohio. The Ranking Member of our committee, who just had an addition to his family, by the way, and we congratulate him, as i told him every day that every time every time a child is born, is god saying that he wants the world to continue. Mr. Jordan. Thank you, chairman. I appreciate those comments. Added Human Capital management the list in 2001. In 2003, they combined the issues. Uslier this year, they told the same thing we have heard the last two decades. We have a Cyber Workforce problem. The Trump Administration put this front and center in reform proposals a few months into his administration. The president issued executive order 13800 to address Cyber Security on Critical Networks and infrastructure. Executive order established a number of initiatives, including charging the department of Homeland Security and department of commerce to develop the cyber work force. March, 2018, they put the president s management agenda, identified three drivers of modernization i. T. , modernization, strategic policies, Human Capital, identified the need to work across bureaucratic silos for high value reform. Following up, the administration issued a bold plan to reorganize the federal government in june of 2018. The reorganization plan included a proposal to fix cyber work force issues, recruit new talent, reskill existing employees, and greater mobility for cyber talent we already have. President trump issued executive order 13870 to implement cyber Work Force Mobility work force initiative. This charges department of Homeland Security with developing a program to allow federal employees to be detailed to other agencies. Now dhs is working with omb, opm and other agencies to develop the program and issue a report by august 7th, 2019 on resources and actions necessary to implement the program. Senator peters bill creates a similar but slightly different program, the bill imposes new reporting requirements, new obligations on agencies in i am in the implementation of the program, and puts opm, the key distinction, opm, not dhs in the lead and sun sets the program in five years. Theres no explanation for differences and it is unclear why dhs is not the lead agency. I appreciate what senator peters has embraced the cyber work force proposals, but i think we need to slow down. Lets work with the administration to evaluate the right way to implement the program. Should it be opm or dhs . Lets wait and see what the august 7th report has to say. Once we receive the report, seems to me we should revisit the text to make necessary changes before it goes to the floor to make sure it fully reflects the Trump Administrations initiatives. Mr. Chairman, i yield back. Thank you very much. Miss maloney. [inaudible] first of all, thank you for yielding. I want to thank my colleagues in the senate and senator gary peters and the others for what theyve done with regard to this legislation. I understand the concerns raised by the minority. But i think we all agree that the bill is intended to address what everyone agrees is a longstanding, ongoing problem. The critical shortage of qualified Cyber Security personnel to protect the federal Government Information Technology assets, this is a bipartisan bill sponsored by Ranking Member peters and chairman johnson of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee that passed the senate by unanimous consent at the end of april. Director of Cyber Security and Infrastructure Security Agency within the department of Homeland Security recently testified in support of the measure. It is a federal agency that is charged with leading the nations efforts to protect our critical cyber and physical infrastructure. At a may hearing before the house appropriation subcommittee on Homeland Security, director krebs said he thought the bill would, quote, be a useful tool across the government, end of quote. President trump supported a cyber rotational program. In fact, he directed the establishment of such a program in an executive order issued this past may. I applaud him for that. This bill would implement and codify this portion of the president s executive order. If there are clarifications that need to be made to the bill prior to the floor consideration, im certain that we will willingly Work Together with the minority and the administration to address them. I ask my colleagues to join me in supporting the common sense bipartisan bill. Mr. Chairman. Rep. Cummings yes. I would like to yield time to Ranking Member, mr. Jordan. I thank the gentleman for yielding. I was going to ask a question, but you answered it. I appreciate your willingness to work with this. We have got this report coming out the seventh. Were not going to object to the bill, i think it will sail through. Depending what the report may say and the sort of distinction does it go opm or dhs, if youre willing to work with us when we get the report, thats great and lets pass the legislation. Rep. Cummings the gentleman yields . Yes, sure. Rep. Cummings we are certainly willing to work with you. I just think it is so important, with the shortage of Cyber Security experts that we have now, and with the government needing Cyber Security expertise, i think this is a very more effective, efficient way to work with our various agencies to make sure that they have what they need. Yield back. Thank you. Rep. Cummings there being no further discussion, question now occurs on reporting favorably to the house. All those in favor, signal by saying aye. All those opposed, signify saying no. In the opinion of the chair, ayes appear to have it. The ayes have it. 406 is reported favorably to the house. Motion to reconsider is laid on the table. Staff is authorized to make any technical and conforming changes. Now, pursuant to notice, i call up hr 3889, the ondcp technical corrections act. The clerk will report the bill , which was distributed in advance. Hr 3889 to amend the office of National Drug control policy reauthorization act of 1998 to make technical corrections. Rep. Cummings without objection, the bill is considered read and open to amendment at any time. I will recognize the sponsor of the bill, mr. Ruda of california to speak on his legislation. I commend him for taking leadership on the issue. You have five minutes. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I am proud to support this Bipartisan Legislation that will make technical changes to provisions reauthorization office of National Drug control policy included in last years support act. This year, americans will lose close to 70,000 family members, loved ones and friends due to drug overdose. More americans are dying annually due to overdose, at the height of the aids crisis or during the entire vietnam war. No community is uneffected. In my home of orange county, california, drug and alcohol Overdose Deaths increased by 82 since 2000. Across our country, our constituents are asking us to advance solutions to address this epidemic. Last year, Congress Passed and President Trump enacted support for patients and communities act. A wide ranging bipartisan bill aimed at addressing treatment, prevention, recovery, and enforcement. And the support act represents an important step in the right direction to reverse tide of Overdose Deaths. The support act included provisions to reauthorize and reform the office of National Drug control policy a component , of the executive office of the president. It plays a Critical Role in the federal governments drug control efforts. However, there were several technical issues in the support act that must be fixed to ensure that ondcp can carry out these provisions as congress intended, and improve the federal governments response to the crisis. The technical corrections act of 2019 will support the integrity of Performance Measurement system, help ondcp hire the best people to address the addiction crisis, and improve the effectiveness of Grant Programs. I would like to thank Committee Staff on both sides of the aisle for working to develop and advance this bill as well as congressman meadows for joining me as colead of the legislation. I look forward to the committee passing this bill today. Theres much more to be done to address the addiction crisis. I look forward to working with all my colleagues on this important issue. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I yield back. Rep. Cummings thank you very much. We yield to the Ranking Member, mr. Jordan. Thank you, mr. Chairman. This bill makes technical amendments to a law that was passed last congress to reauthorize the office. Last year we moved quickly to reinvigorate the office and give the Administration Additional authorities to address the Opioid Crisis, a crisis that is not a partisan issue. We have done good work to reinvigorate the office. We heard from the director carol twice about the work the administration is doing to combat the Opioid Crisis. I hope this helps further support the goal. I want to stand with the subcommittee chairman and the Ranking Member meadows and the chairman, to revitalize with important changes for the Opioid Crisis and other issues is important. With that, i yield back. Rep. Cummings thank you very much. I want to thank my colleagues, represent rouda and meadows for their collaboration and leadership on the ondcp act of 2019. This act resolves technical issues in the office of National Drug control policy authorization act that became law last year. It would ensure effective hiring of critical leadership positions, increase efficiency in performance reporting, and maintain integrity of Grant Programs as originally intended in that bill. We are in the midst of a Substance Use epidemic that claimed 70,000 lives in 2017 alone. It is critical that ondcp can operate as effectively and evil as psible to combat the crisis as efficiently and effectively as possible to combat the crisis and ensure the health and safety of our citizens. I continue to appreciate the bipartisan support of you, mr. Chairman, and our entire committee and for the office of National Drug control policy working closely with us. So with that i would urge members to vote in favor of the bill. Is there anybody else that wants to be recognized . Very well. There being no further discussion, the question now occurs on reporting hr 3889 favorably to the house. All those in favor shall signify by saying aye. All those opposed signify by saying no. In the opinion of the chair, the ayes appear to have it. The ayes have it. S 406 is reported favorably to the house. Motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. Staff is authorized to make any technical and conforming changes. [indiscernible] rep. Cummings 3889. [indiscernible] now, pursuant to notice, i call up the following postal naming bills, which were distributed in advance. Hr 887, hr 1252, hr 1253, hr 1972, hr 2151, hr 3207 with an amendment. Hr 3314, hr 3329. Without objection, the bills are considered read. If any member would like to speak briefly on any of these items in the package, i will recognize you now. Hearing no further discussion wait. I said before i think we should restrict honoring post offices. We have so many military heroes in this country, particularly when you see members of the Popular Culture which is probably overall had a negative influence on the country in the last 60 years, i guess when you record the vote, i would vote no on nonmilitary names. Rep. Cummings let me just say this. We have so many heroes and sheroes in our country. I applaud members who want to recognize people for what they did. So often we come upon this earth and then were forgotten. People do great things and then theyre forgotten, and i would urge all of us to support all of these postal naming bills. Hearing no further discussion on the bills, i request unanimous consent [indiscernible] rep. Cummings were going to call the [indiscernible] rep. Cummings without objection, what well do is we will call the vote on block and take the yays and nays. All those in favor of the postal naming bills signify with aye. Those opposed, no. It appears that the ayes have it. Is there a request for roll call . There being none, the ayes have it. We will report them to the house. Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, mr. Roy. I would like to associate myself with the remarks of mr. Grossman, not a blanket statement, i agree about recognizing individuals and their lives and what theyve done, but i do agree with focus of those that served in the military, and some concern that we get loose with who we name after post offices. I associate myself with his remarks. Rep. Cummings thank you very much. Now pursuant to notice, i call up a resolution relating to investigation of the use of nonofficial electronic messaging accounts by noncareer officials at the white house. The clerk will report the resolution which was distributed in advance. A resolution offered by mr. Cummings of maryland authorizing issuance of subpoena related to nonofficial electronic messaging accounts. Rep. Cummings without objection without objection, the resolution is considered read and open to amendment at any point. The chair recognizes himself to offer an amendment in the nature of substitute copies of the amendment have already been distributed and the clerk will report. An amendment in the nature of a substitute offered by mr. Cummings of maryland. Rep. Cummings without objection, the amendment is considered read and will serve as base text for purposes of amendment. I now recognize myself for five minutes. Today, we are considering a resolution to authorize me as chairman to subpoena records relating to use of private email and texting accounts by the white house employees in violation of the president ial records act. The president ial records act was enacted in the aftermath of the watergate scandal and i want to remind all members it is the law. It is the law. It makes clear that white house records belong to the public, not the president. The law requires that the president and Senior Advisers to the president preserve the official records of the white house. The law prohibits federal employees from using nonofficial email accounts for official business unless the employees copy their official account or forward copies to their official accounts within 20 days. Again, i emphasize, it is the law. For years, our committee has been responsible for updating and enhancing laws and for conducting oversight on compliance with them. We have done that during the republican and democratic administrations alike. In this case, it has become clear that the committee needs to examine the use of personal email and other text message accounts by this white house carefully because the committee has already received evidence of multiple senior officials using personal accounts to conduct official business. For example, Jared Kushners attorney confirmed to the committee he uses the messaging application whats app to communicate with foreign individuals. Ivanka trumps attorney admitted she receives emails about official business to her personal email account and does not, does not forward them to her official account within 20 days as required by law. According to special counsel Robert Muellers report, steve bannon admitted that he, and i quote, regularly used his personal blackberry and personal email for work related communications and took no steps to preserve these work communications. End of quote. That is an admitted

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