the lack of responsiveness by the housing management firms that we hire to accommodate... is very problematic.

How do you explain charging $907 for something that they were able to reverse engineer for $500?

That to me is a cop-out. Either you are willing to repay the taxpayers of this country or you are not.

this is the kind of hearing that this committee should be having, so I applaud the chairman and ranking member for doing so.

You don't have to admit liability to do the right thing.

And my job is to save lives, and that is what I am trying to do every day.

I have oversight role.

Can we as a committee receive from you a complete response to each of the 56 recommendations whether or not you have taken action, and if not, why not, so that we can have a full understanding of whether or not you have implemented those…

It is important once we create these commissions, they come up with these far-reaching recommendations, that we actually act upon them.

Well, if you are trying to do that every day, I would think you would want to work with the committees that have the authority to provide you with the resources to do your job so you can save more lives.

I think you are being very belligerent, and I do not think that is conducive to us working together.

So, it is important once we create these commissions, they come up with these far-reaching recommendations, that we actually act upon them.