Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Would it be appropriate for an individual to bypass the recommendation against a security clearance, from security clearance personnel?

So, in your opinion, could the President's overruling White House security clearance personnel's recommendations, impact the quality and integrity of a national security background check?

The recent media reports that indicated that members of the Trump administration, including Jared Kushner, and Ivanka Trump, were able to obtain security clearances against the recommendations of White House staff, presumably using those…

I want to continue with Congressman Raskin's line of questioning, because in your report, you indicated a governmentwide security clearance backlog of 565,000 investigations.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Mr. Dodaro, good to see you. Glad to be able to have an opportunity to have some dialog with you.

If Mr. Trump and his daughter Ivanka and son Donald Jr. are involved in the Russian Trump Tower deal, is it possible the whole family is conflicted or compromised with a foreign adversary in the months before the election?

But I want to be clear my questions are not about the harm done to any individual by WikiLeaks and the Russians, it is about the possible and likely harm to the United States of America and our democracy.

I want to reiterate to the administration, we have introduced bipartisan legislation to extend TPS to Venezuelans.

That term 'intentional,' Madam Chair, has sort of become a buzzy-word, but it is so important when it comes to making sure that we have diverse opportunities for more people who wouldn't traditionally form that pathway, which is why I have…

I really applaud your get into energy and get into STEM initiatives.

It is equally as important to keep my constituents cool as it is to keep a member from a cold weather state's constituents warm.

Given that the administration has repeatedly--this administration has repeatedly targeted this program for elimination essentially or the funding for elimination, is enough attention paid to the program to ensure that the most updated…

Florida experienced a significant 22.7 percent increase in WAP funding from 2018 to 2019 because of how the statutory funding formula allocates money over the $209 million threshold.

No offense to the older white men in the room. There might be--I know, I am sorry. Sorry, not sorry.

This is really a sea change.

The development of the renewable energy sector over the past few years has been really extremely encouraging and it continues to grow and create more good paying jobs.

Climate change, I think, can be acknowledged as a central crisis of our time, no matter what you think the origin is.

I am concerned that there is an inequity and a lack of predictability or consistency for cold and warm weather states.

It is fitting that Mr. Simpson mentioned that warm weather states also have a need to use the WAP program as well, particularly because we have insulation issues that are associated with keeping homes cooler.

We can't have the fox watching the hen house any longer. And this bill at least takes a step toward transparency.

I think you referenced that in your opening remarks. There is really no transparency and a risk of compromising our national security.

I actually proposed two amendments in the appropriations bill in 2017 to revoke Mr. Kushner's security clearance because he repeatedly violated the rules.

I've just not heard any practical, legitimate, detailed explanation today about what the possibility is that would be justifiable for these kinds of price increases.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. As a fellow Floridian, I support the need to rebuild Tyndall, as I just mentioned in my opening statement, and support the Air Force's next-generation aircraft. It is important to ensure that our airmen…

I want to thank the chairman of the full committee and our ranking member, Mrs. Lowey, for the incredible work that they have done to get us to this point. While in the minority we have had some concerns about the process, the opportunity…