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Debbie Wasserman Schultz

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Debbie Wasserman Schultz is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Florida's 23rd congressional district since 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, she has held various leadership roles, including serving as the chair of the Democratic National Committee from 2011 to 2016. Throughout her tenure, Wasserman Schultz has focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and women's rights, advocating for policies that aim to improve the lives of her constituents. She has been an outspoken advocate for gun control and has worked on legislation addressing the needs of veterans and military families.

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Feb 29, 2016

It is like charging for toilet paper. And we certainly wouldn't want to do that.

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Feb 29, 2016

Those funds were fenced off specifically to fund approaches to keep us safe in the wake of mass casualty attacks.

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Feb 29, 2016

What is the timetable for determining why this happened and what the cause was and/or reopening the range?

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Feb 29, 2016

I, for one, lament that we do not have a House page program any longer.

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Feb 29, 2016

What is the readiness state of the police? we have given you upwards of 8 to 10 percent increases with flatlining the other agencies.

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Feb 29, 2016

I appreciate that the Sergeants each go to one another when there is concern from the other side.

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Feb 29, 2016

And we have the ability to terminate their contract for cause?

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Feb 29, 2016

We want security, but we do not want security to the detriment of everything else that makes Congress work.

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Feb 29, 2016

I also want to acknowledge that we are not talking about the future status of the office here, but the confines of the Library.

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Feb 29, 2016

Well, it would be important if we allow that shift to make sure that we put a mechanism in place that ensures that we can maintain the same oversight we have been able to under the current way you do it.

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Feb 29, 2016

Much has been made by many Members about the need for us to return to regular order in both the appropriations process and the process that we are using to move legislation.

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Feb 29, 2016

This is no way to run a rodeo, and this might prove to be a need that is more urgent than it has been up to now.

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Feb 29, 2016

I mentioned in my testimony the Capitol dome project being in the home stretch, and I wanted to ask you whether you expect that it is going to come in at the full $126 million expenditure...

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Feb 29, 2016

I absolutely would like an explanation as to why we have gone outside regular order.

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Feb 29, 2016

So if we could expand the availability, that would be great.

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Feb 29, 2016

A brilliant question. Thank you very much.

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Feb 29, 2016

Mr. Chairman, I did have other questions for the remaining officers. And I would think there would be more questions for this group than there is going to be for the Library and for the Copyright Office.

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Feb 29, 2016

Let's get them more money, Mr. Chairman.

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Feb 29, 2016

Are you in a posture where you will just ask for whatever we will give you and you will take whatever we will give you because you could always put it to good use?

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Feb 29, 2016

We might disagree on the merits of the cases, Mr. Chairman, that is not my issue.

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Feb 29, 2016

Why has a proposed security in the House garages suddenly gone through an implementation process that did not go through the normal appropriations process?

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Feb 29, 2016

I think that would be extremely helpful.

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