I want to express my support for this important tool for our intelligence agencies.

And why are you not answering these questions? Is there an invocation by the President of the United States of executive privilege? Is there or not?

I do not get that. Can you explain why that order was issued?

What you feel isn't relevant, Admiral.

You took an oath: Do you solemnly swear to give the committee the truth, the full truth and nothing but the truth?

I'm concerned by the distinction between query and search and where we run into the Fourth Amendment.

What is going on? Why? And what are the prospects for getting these Advisory Commissions back to work?

I don't understand why you're not answering our questions.

I hope so because I do think it is very important for any national lands, but particularly national parks, for the area to have a voice in the activities and to provide information to the National Park Service and to the local park.

It's your position that the special counsel's entitled to ask you questions about this, but not an oversight committee of the United States Congress?

I want to understand the legal basis. You swore that oath, to tell us the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, and today you are refusing to do so.

I am impressed and pleased that you know that the IV identified 11 material weaknesses.

I see this budget as just a first draft and you described it to Senator Coons as a work in progress, I believe.

It is unfortunate that due to the delay in your confirmation the Administration determined the size and scope of HUD's budget request largely before you arrived on the scene in the Secretary's office, which limited your input into the…

I think the President's budget eliminates funding for the Interagency Counsel on Homelessness, which I think is a huge mistake.

I am hopeful that you will take another look at that issue and about reissuing these notices.

Effective solutions to the problems of housing affordability and reducing poverty are going to require improved collaboration across Federal agencies.

I think there's a lot of confusion about Section 702, and I appreciate your clear explanation this morning.