
We need transparency in order to make sure people are taken care of.
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We need transparency in order to make sure people are taken care of.

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.

I have been imploring different agencies, including USDA, to get real numbers and transparency.

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 question?

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

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

I was glad to see the Treasury Department announce sanctions for 6 Iranian government officials late last week--this is the first step to holding these bad actors fully accountable.

As a member of JCDC, Tenable, would you agree that JCDC would benefit from a formalized structure and accountability?

I believe this amendment would strengthen accountability and oversight of UNRWA and make crystal clear that we will not tolerate taxpayer dollars going to Hamas.

I am doing a little tally of agencies that are following the law and breaking the law.

My bill will eliminate bureaucratic red tape and help the lack of accountability that veterans are met with when seeking employment assistance.

There is an urgent need for DOD to implement oversight of our housing.

Not good. And I hope our service chiefs are taking this personally. They need to.

In my 10 seconds remaining, I just want everyone to think about who are we protecting here.

Is there a timeframe that you have given them to close out the remaining 14?

there is zero accountability and zero heads roll when there is a crisis.

I do not think there has been a real effort to really look at what happened, not to cast blame, but to rebuild in a way that will never happen again.