Jody Hice: “I continue to have grave reservations about these online hearings. This is no way to do the people's business.”

Well, that is a huge area that needs to be addressed just from the IG perspective, and then we have a whole other missing element here today.

The rise of hate crimes deeply concerns me. It concerns all of us.

I thank Mr. Comer for yielding time. The numbers that were just shared are out of 2.1 million Federal employees, and the figure is accurate. Some 10,000 were terminated in 2021, but this is a fraction. People in the private sector are…

I have no further speakers, and I am prepared to close. Mr. Speaker, this is a good bill. I urge my colleagues to support it, and I yield back the balance of my time.