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Scott DesJarlais
@scottdesjarlais· Republican · TN· Feb 13, 2024

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

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Kevin Kiley
@kevinkiley· Republican · CA· Feb 13, 2024

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.

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Scott DesJarlais
@scottdesjarlais· Republican · TN· Feb 13, 2024

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

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Lisa McClain
@lisamcclain· Republican · MI· Feb 13, 2024

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?

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John Rose
@johnrose· Republican · VT· Feb 13, 2024

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

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Lisa McClain
@lisamcclain· Republican · MI· Feb 13, 2024

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

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Andrew Garbarino
@andrewgarbarino· Republican · NY· Feb 5, 2024

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.

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Eric Swalwell
@ericswalwell· Democratic · CA· Feb 5, 2024

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

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Howard Smith
@howardsmith· Republican · NJ· Feb 5, 2024

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.

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Bruce Westerman
@brucewesterman· Republican · AR· Nov 13, 2023

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

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Mike Bost
@mikebost· Republican · IL· Nov 1, 2023

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

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Don Bacon
@donbacon· Republican · NE· Sep 26, 2023

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

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Don Bacon
@donbacon· Republican · NE· Sep 26, 2023

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

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Lisa McClain
@lisamcclain· Republican · MI· Sep 18, 2023

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

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Esteban Torres
@estebantorres· Democratic · CA· Jul 18, 2023

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

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Lisa McClain
@lisamcclain· Republican · MI· May 23, 2023

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

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Barry Loudermilk
@barryloudermilk· Republican · GA· May 15, 2023

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.

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