"I think there is total agreement on this Committee and throughout the whole Congress that we have to protect this program because it is so vital to our folks."
"The process of hiring is overly complex. It is too long."
"But if it is your money and you have to stay open, you do what is in the best interest of the people you serve and the money that you have to work with."
"When you ask somebody, So why do we do it this way? They say, well, that is the way we have always done it."
"There is no CEO serving on any private entity right now that would be looking at this and say 'I still deserve to be in charge.'"
"Yes, well Walmart did that a couple of years ago with semiautomatic assault rifles."
"Yes. I mean, it seems like there's a big change over a 48-hour period."
"I think she gets how, you know, paralyzed Washington, D.C. is."
"I mean, the fact that they can get into the President's office very quickly and within 24 hours get in the seemingly changes position in a tweet."
"Well, you know, she might have been right. It has a better chance at the state level and we've experienced that, as well."
"it's a step in the right direction... anything like support for background check bill would be great."