This committee, as you probably know, spends a lot of time discussing taxpayer risk.
I think I am making history today. I have located myself in a bipartisan position.
I think that they still have some meaningful rewards that we can reap from them.
I support the reauthorization of EXIM and support the work that you all are doing.
I have found that acquiring these programs is much harder than eliminating them.
I am still the same Al Green who arrived here in 2005.
I am very much concerned about people. This is my country. I love my country.
I think more of the same we have seen from the last year, despite... tremendous leadership on the part of the VA... is j...
I think the VA needs accountability.
But what makes it absolutely unacceptable is that this just follows in a litany of unaccountability at the VA.
And I think this committee certainly wants to be a constructive partner with the VA.
So it really raises profound concerns about control and accountability at the VA.
So we really need some significant, bold, dramatic change. It has to be in accountability control.
But unless we're sure that these concerns have been addressed--and I'm not, following all of these instances and the hea...
this lack of control and accountability gives me some pause in authorizing that.
can you comment on any change you've seen in leadership related to these control issues, accountability, and ensuring th...
Does OIG have any outstanding concerns, and do you agree with Mr. Murray's conclusion on that?
Did I hear you correctly?
