Would that have anything to do with the way Congress appropriates funds for the Department of Defense?

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.

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?

I think it is interesting that my colleague believes the EPA is now a law enforcement agency and wants them fully funded, particularly in light of the fact that so many of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle were for defunding the…

Each year the Environmental Protection Agency spends as much as $50 million a year to employ nearly 200 armed agents at an average cost of $216,000 per year per agent. The American people would likely be surprised to hear that. According…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

The Environmental Protection Agency recently finalized a $2 billion regulation on the lime industry that the EPA's own staff have found is completely unnecessary to protect public health and welfare. Lime plants not only supply products…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made…

This amendment would be a step toward returning power back to Congress, where it belongs. Instead of complying with the agenda of radical environmentalists, Congress should reject their efforts to ignore science. I remind my colleagues…

There was never any enforcement in it.

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.

PACE is designed to look backward to chase money that has already been paid.

Some of them are pretty good about implementing, but some of them are absolutely terrible about it.

Safe and secure elections are fundamental to our Republic. Unfortunately, poll after poll is showing that Americans have lost trust in our election process. It is time for us to act and restore faith in that process. One way to accomplish…

In an Oversight Committee hearing, I asked the former directors of the Census if they supported Federal laws that prohibit noncitizens from running for office, making financial contributions to candidates, and voting. All three said they…

You cannot make--it is a key ingredient in concrete, cement.

That is not reasonable.

I want to know what efforts the EPA has made to reduce the settlement costs using taxpayer dollars.

I am very encouraged by the overturning of the Chevron deference that the Supreme Court did last week, because it restores the responsibility for lawmaking and the accountability for law-making to Congress, where it belongs.

I am very encouraged by the Chevron deference being overturned, because it will restore to Congress our lawmaking authority and remove it from these agencies.

I want to know how much you have spent of taxpayer dollars in these settlement cases.

And we have made remarkable progress.

I thank the Chairman.

I would like to know, if you would report to the Committee in writing, what you have done to correct this.

the Biden Administration dropped over almost 1,500 pages of regulations that redefined 'sex' to include gender identity.