FTA's lack of authority has been a contributor, yes.
What we're willing to do is if you'll make the tough decisions, we'll ask the tough questions and hold people accountabl...
How many more people have to die before we get you to act in the appropriate manner?
You're making a lot of difficult decisions that will make a lot of people angry.
It's a systematic fault of all the people involved in that process.
But at some point you have to look at history and recognize history for what it is.
I think at some point, if we want to be anything more than a debating society, we're going to have to start reclawing so...
This is something we need to pursue. We need to make sure this bill gets done, gets passed, becomes law.
Congress needs to be held accountable for the way the agencies operate.
If we leave it up to a nonspecified, arbitrary fine and fee schedule, it's one thing to say, okay, a fee covers the cost...
I can assure you that whistleblowers are a vital part of what we do, from an oversight standpoint.
H.R. 5499 would hold the agencies accountable, but more fundamentally, it would make Congress accountable to the people.
I believe that a friendly amendment that would protect our whistleblowers would be in order.
Prepare at least two questions that we can ask OMB, the IRS, and Department of Treasury when we have the follow-up heari...
That gets us half the way there with fees, fines, and settlement, doesn't it?
We're talking about $600 billion.
Thank you all for your interest in transparency, for your interest in this particular subject.
We would ask each of you to report to this committee, if you can, three recommendations on what you would like to see.
