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I believe in partnership with the tribes, the schools and the BIE, we can work together try to access those resources.

I appreciated your recognition of the importance of Amtrak for rural communities.

This is a tremendously important subject for Indian Country, having our schools be safe and having kids feel safe in schools.

The federal government has a responsibility to support these schools.

I am worried you are spending all your time enriching yourself and your friends while betraying your mission to protect human health and the environment.

It's estimated about 500,000 children work in agriculture.

There are only nine exceptions to FOIA, and none of them are for political purposes.

Well, I'm asking for any emails that relate to this, but, yeah, emails from the Agency, that's included.

Now, why then have you still not answered my April 4 letter and my May 9 follow-up letter requesting information related to your condo rental here in DC?

Then that's a gift. That's in violation of Federal law.

Yes. And you've spoken a lot about the rule of law. I know you're familiar with a very important law called the FOIA.

You're pushing for a ban, correct? Just like the past administration.

Now, when we sat in this room together in June of last year, I asked you to confirm that you would respond to all questions, including written correspondence, from both majority and minority Members of this subcommittee as quickly as…

Yes. And yet you have represented during your testimony today a number of times that you would answer our questions, answer our letters.

And you haven't asked them to put a political review in it in addition to the nine exceptions.