"Congress has a role in governing the country."
"I think it is an unfortunate part of FEMA's history. I can understand why there is a built-in political bias for FEMA employees in Washington because only about 6.5 percent of the vote for President i..."
"the only Federal agency in the country that has failed to pass an independent audit, they remain on the GAO's High-Risk List for waste, fraud, and abuse for 34 years."
"the fact that you have not had a successful audit in 34 years and the fact that you have not implemented much of what the GAO has recommended is problematic."
"If you start before the design is final, you are almost guaranteeing that you are going to have massive numbers of change orders."
"Would that have anything to do with the way Congress appropriates funds for the Department of Defense?"
"It would be good for the Committee to get that list. And would you recommend that we consider legislation to require the Social Security Administration to verify the data?"
"PACE is designed to look backward to chase money that has already been paid."
"I think we are far better off if we are in a preventive mode than we are in trying to recover what has gone out."
"Some of them are pretty good about implementing, but some of them are absolutely terrible about it."
"There was never any enforcement in it."
"I thank the Chairman."