She doesn't have the right to summarily fire people. She has to go through a process.

Since President Obama has vetoed the pipeline bill, and we had safety measures in the pipeline bill on which we still haven't had action by the administration, but since the veto of that I have seen at least two horrible incidents of…

Mr. Elkins, with the EPA it appears that actions taken by the EPA in really ignoring you and allowing whistleblowers and others to be intimidated, this has undermined your position as Inspector General to conduct your legitimate…

She said that by law we've dumbed down the qualifications.

you've got to have the ability to hire and fire.

You need better people, and you need better qualifications.

You don't hire them with an advertisement on a bumper of a vehicle.

we have to do that, because you--we heard oh, there's no command. Well, hell, you don't have the ability to command, because your hands are tied by Title V.

The time to stop talking is over. Time to act.

So the time to stop dickering around is over. Here is a draft. We can put anybody else's name on it--LoBiondo, Shuster, Larsen.

The time to stop talking now. It is time to start acting.