Diana DeGette: “I cannot support the $15 billion funding package proposed in this Conference Agreement for H.R. 1141”

the minority intends to make sure that there is no waste, fraud, or abuse in these programs

I was dismayed to hear that you did not receive the funding that you need to do your job. And I was pleased to hear that at least some of that funding is included in President Biden's budget this year.

I was pleased to see that, as part of these bills, there was an increase in funding for inspector generals' offices, for the most part, and to do this work, because I think it is important work.

It is a little embarrassing for someone like me, who is trying to tell colleagues around the world that we need to have robust oversight, that the U.S. Congress is actually having an oversight hearing that is so vague that you can't…