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Thank you for scheduling this hearing.

On their behalf, I appreciate your continued efforts to address the needs of the veterans exposed to toxic substances.

Which recently had a lapse in sterilization protocol and exposed several thousand veterans, potential exposure to blood-borne illnesses.

Can you commit to following through on the GAO's recommendations to improve the completeness of that community are data?

To set up a situation where we may inadvertently be creating more mandatory spending, to me, is not a good idea.

Well, mandatory spending right now is driving us over the cliff. If we don't do something about our current mandatory spending, the projection is sometime in the early 30s we are going to go over the financial cliff.

But it is not. And if we add it in as mandatory, it just means more things that are going to have the oversight of what we do in our Committee, and therefore, just moves us closer to that time when we can't pay our bills.

I am not yet convinced the new spending category is necessary or advisable.

We need to look at the big picture.

I'm honored to serve the veterans and my tax-paying constituents.

We probably ought to kick some doors down. That is what we ought to do.

That a functioning society requires that reasonable officers be provided this qualified immunity in applicable civil cases. Without it, the orderly administration of justice would come to a halt amidst paralyzing fear of personal liability.

Part of this committee's mission is to look for and prevent government waste, fraud, and abuse, and today we are finally holding a hearing that is highlighting the Biden administration's failure to conduct oversight of government programs…

Accountability starts right here in this committee, Mr. Chairman. We have got to do our business of oversight and hold accountable these agencies that are not doing their job to protect the American tax dollars.

For all we know, American tax dollars could actually be helping to fund Putin's war against Ukraine.

Improper payments have been a thorn in the side of our government probably forever.

Estimates literally range into the hundreds of billions of dollars, and much of that is feared to have been lost to organized crime.

This should not be that hard to do. And it would benefit everybody I think to have the cash secured at the Federal Reserve.