We are talking about permitting reform. We have done a lot. We need to do more.

When can this Committee expect in-depth details on the proposal, not solely a 22-page PowerPoint presentation?

Will you provide any member of this Committee the documents and answers that we ask for, whether it relates to the FBI headquarters, Trump Hotel, or any other legitimate area of interest?

The kind of money that we are talking about here is alarming.

And I am not a big fan of yes or no questions and answers, but this really is one, and we would like for you to tell us the truth.

We believe that the two costs, the previous plan and this plan are similar in cost.

We want them from the GSA and certainly from the FBI.

The current facility is in dangerous disrepair, which not only affects the day to day operations of the FBI, but also has significant national security implications.

If the people know the truth, they won't make a mistake.

Frankly, this about face is concerning, maybe even troubling.

I know that my colleagues on both sides of the aisle found that to be an entirely unacceptable position.

I am very disappointed that we continue to find out about developments on this project in this manner.

I am not sure I understand that, extremely privileged. I am not sure I understand that at all.

What is not in question today is the fact that the FBI needs a new headquarters.

The ways you have responded to that question certainly raise for me, and I suspect for a number of my colleagues, the question whether the President did somehow intervene and express a view.

thank you for holding this hearing, thank you for being so intelligent, especially with our colleagues from Maryland.

I am grateful to my colleague from Tennessee for yielding to me. One of the reasons Howard Baker was one of the great leaders in this place is he had good staff, and one of those folks, who was maybe the senior member of his staff lo those…

I am tired, sick and tired, of opening a hearing like this and we express our remorse, again another mass shooting. This has got to end.

I do not think that is good policy.

the administration actually--and our Secretary has actually offered a couple of ways to stabilize the exchanges.

If you are on a terrorist watch list, you should not be able to buy weapons. And we cannot even get that passed.

In this case, we ought to use some common sense with respect to guns and gun legislation.

the additional resources are necessary to ensure that our constituents are properly taken care of

I have always heard that if we provide the funding that is being sought by the IRS, they could actually provide a return, $5, $6 on the dollar.

Increased funding for level of service, our ability to respond to calls from taxpayers.