Accountability

It has to be programmes that we can explain. It has to be programmes that we can justify.

There has to be a political price to pay.

Doing a great job by finding tremendous fraud and corruption and waste.

We're going to continue to provide foreign aid and to be involved in programs, but it has to be programs that we can defend.

It has to be done in a way that's transparent, and we weren't getting those answers.

For decades, USAID bureaucrats believed they were accountable to no one — but that era is over.

We are here. We are also going to make sure that they uphold the law.

It is reprehensible an unelected billionaire can freely access veterans' sensitive and personal information.

We are also going to make sure that they uphold the law.

Access to justice takes many forms. Unfortunately, so do efforts by large corporate interests to create barriers to justice for individuals in small businesses who seek to hold them accountable.

To be successful, our Federal public health institutions must be accountable to the people again.

We all need to be held accountable. Sometimes it's as simple as saying, 'We were wrong.'

If I make a mistake, I answer to the people of Ohio who elected me and to my own conscience.

Trust but verify is probably a good notion to employ.

I am going to share with the American people, if you get somebody who is in charge, especially in a government entity that cannot answer a question, you should ask yourself do we need to replace this person who cannot answer a simple…

I do not think it is too much to ask that the person in charge be able to answer a simple question.

Upon taking the oath of office, President Biden pledged his administration to the highest standards of transparency. We plan to hold him to his word.

We obviously are very interested in making sure it doesn't happen again.