I remember we had--I had Rudy Giuliani here years ago when he became mayor of New York.
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Well, again, we can pass a law, but the law has to be enforced, and there has to be consequences.
We were absolutely startled, Ms. Richards, when we saw at one Starbucks in California, $12,000 worth of purchases.
I want to thank, again, Mr. Connolly for his steadfast commitment to, again, going after abuses where we see it.
Well, there may be a very legitimate purchase requirement. But for the rest of DHS, it's $31,000 that we have been able to identify.
Okay. And Mr. Lewis, in your testimony, you just testified that you found about 35 percent of the purchases with a credit card were abusive or noncompliant.
I think it's an important responsibility not only of this committee but the Congress, to see how taxpayer dollars are expended.
I thank my ranking member Mr. Connolly for being here and for our negotiating and working together to make this hearing a reality.





