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I think it's crazy we're having this hearing based on heavily edited videos and misleading videos that actually show the exact opposite of what was happening.

And Planned Parenthood allows women to access that constitutional right. Isn't that correct?

And abortion is a constitutional right. Isn't that correct?

We don't live in a theocracy. The law of the land is not the Old Testament or the New Testament or the Koran or the Torah.

I think it's insane that in my district now, because of these misleading videos, women have in some cases had to go through two sets of bomb-proof doors just to access health care.

Abortion is legal in the United States of America. Isn't that correct, Ms. Richards?

The GSA inspector general's report shows that with respect to childcare, the Army and the GSA have failed our military families.

Members of the military and their families sacrifice so much for our country. In return, we owe it to them to fight for and protect benefits that they rely upon and deserve.

Ms. Ochoa, in your report, you state that GSA should establish a plan with performance indicators, benchmarks, and implementation strategies. I thank you for that recommendation.

When you add in the unpaid invoices, your report found that, as of July 31, the number was more than 9,100 unpaid invoices, in addition to the thousands of other childcare actions not taken, correct?

Do you think that GSA has sufficient safeguards now in place to make sure that this doesn't happen again?

Can GSA look at disciplining people for deleting voicemails and emails?

So, Ms. Hoehne, I do commend you for your military service and your lengthy Federal service. You state in your statement that you have confidence that you can get this program basically back on track by the end of this year. What gives you…

Why doesn't the Army just switch back to CCA? It was totally fine.

Has anyone been disciplined at Army Installation Management Command for this fiasco?

Are GSA contractors now required to complete initial background investigations before being granted access to the sensitive information of military families?

It is my belief that we need to really reduce the recidivism rate if we actually really want to reduce the overall prison population.

for the same reasons we don't house our crown jewels of American intelligence at Department of Interior, there is no way we should be housing it in a human resources agency.

We own this problem.

Thank you for saying that. It tells me that you understand the challenges that are facing you, that you're working to make the problems better, and I appreciate that.

I appreciate the opportunity to examine major lease projects at the Department of Veterans Affairs.

I have seen a sea change in leadership. I have seen Secretary McDonald take seriously the reports of deficiencies at the VA and work hard to try to fix them.

I have concerns not just about the failures of OPM leadership but also the failures of its contractors, in particular USIS, because it looks like what happened here wasn't just recklessness or negligence; it was fraud.

Me and 135 Members of Congress feel that way and 33 Members of the Senate still feel that way.

These are actually jail-like facilities. They should be called family prison facilities or family detention facilities or family jail facilities but not family residential centers.