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Almost none of the witnesses appearing today would have been appearing, I guess, when I was a kid growing up in D.C.

The Federal Government can, having made that decision, be allowed to escape responsibility

The effect on overall business... ought to be noted.

I'm trying to get them through at least the appropriation process.

I'd like to just get on the record whether this bill I am sponsoring would help in any way any of your employees.

I would like to put on the record, if you would allow us, some sense of what employees... would be the sources of income...

I applaud your creativity.

We figure that's who they are.

If I could say, I'm also cosponsoring a bill that makes it 200 percent of pay.

I have a bill that would allow some backpay for workers who work in--who are contract workers in retail, food, custodial and security.

This 35-day shutdown was unheard of in American history. Our job is to make sure it doesn't happen again although, of course, we were not responsible for it.

The narrative obviously is spying on the campaign. No, it was trying to understand what the Russians were doing.

For one, President Obama did directly confront Putin about it and didn't ask him, hey, are you interfering in our election?

Yes, and, you know, I find it somewhat ironic that people in the Trump administration criticize the Obama administration for not doing anything. Yet here as we're approaching 2020 and there is an ideal opportunity for the -- for President…

So when you're in our line of work, it's hard to look at that and not think that that's not anything but a direct reaction to the diversification of this country and this electorate.

I appreciate that every Member of this subcommittee is a cosponsor of H.R. 51.

Now I am looking at their website, does that seem about right to any of you, or Mr. Ho?

The information I have is that the Obama Administration brought five suits under Section 2. The Bush Administration, 15. The Clinton Administration, 16. This is very irregular.