I think that we have had a lot of discussion today about a lot of issues, and my takeaway is this...

We don't pretend we don't have disagreements. But we have been able to find common ground.

we need an explicit prohibition on the use of--personal use of these cards, period.

It's absolutely vital for public servants to conduct themselves in a manner that reduces both real and perceived risks of such waste, fraud, and abuse.

We have absolutely worked on a bipartisan basis on our agenda for this subcommittee.

I think it's an important responsibility not only of this committee but the Congress, to see how taxpayer dollars are expended.

In my own area in central Florida, I had a housing director and a director who came in after I had gotten the housing authority taken over by HUD.

I remember we had--I had Rudy Giuliani here years ago when he became mayor of New York.

Well, again, we can pass a law, but the law has to be enforced, and there has to be consequences.

We were absolutely startled, Ms. Richards, when we saw at one Starbucks in California, $12,000 worth of purchases.

I thank my ranking member Mr. Connolly for being here and for our negotiating and working together to make this hearing a reality.

Again, we want the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

I want to thank, again, Mr. Connolly for his steadfast commitment to, again, going after abuses where we see it.

So you lost money there. Okay.

Well, there may be a very legitimate purchase requirement. But for the rest of DHS, it's $31,000 that we have been able to identify.

Okay. And Mr. Lewis, in your testimony, you just testified that you found about 35 percent of the purchases with a credit card were abusive or noncompliant.

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