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When I hear the Inspector General, whom I admire so much, who had to take so much verbal abuse in the past, and who stuck with it, when I hear him say he is looking, he is turning over rocks, and every time he turns over a rock, something…
We are going to need to have more oversight.
Don't listen to those voices who say, we can't change.
So given the recommendations of the Inspector General that there be more checks and balances and more centralization, what is your take on it at this point, Mr. Tangherlini?
The latest misconduct at the GSA makes me cringe, cringe for the taxpayers who expect every agency in their Government to fulfill their mission with integrity.
To those who betrayed the public trust, let me be clear: the party is over.
We have zero tolerance for fraud in any way.
We have to protect against bad people, because there are always going to be bad people.
Because of the President's directive to become efficient and save money, we have saved, is it fair to say, more than a billion dollars for taxpayers?
I think we have had a good, a very important hearing. We are not looking for photo ops of people taking the fifth.
We become Washington-centric sometimes in Federal Government. We really do.
It is our job to prove to America that this agency is filled with patriotic, loyal Americans who want to do the right thing.
I think it would really help. Because the big word here is accountability and checks and balances.
the taxpayers of this country are just appalled.
we owe it to the taxpayers to be transparent and accountable for how we spend their dollars