Jody Hice

the National Park Service, certainly under the direction and action of Director Jarvis, is desperately in need of some oversight.

I think that's--personally, I don't think that goes far enough, but that's not going to be the point of my questions here.

So is your confidence--in a scale of 1 to 10, where is your confidence?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We have got a long ways to go to plug the hole, but I appreciate you holding this hearing.

I mean there is just a lot of questions for census purposes that are unnecessary.

I certainly cannot overemphasize the importance of this whole issue to me personally and my constituents.

It is extremely important for the Inspector General to report its findings to Congress in a timely manner.

I certainly regret that a few political appointees at the Department have taken advantage of public service for their own personal gain.

We have the taxpayers on the hook for this type of behavior.

I have introduced articles of impeachment to remove Administrator McCarthy from office.

Perjury before Congress is perjury to the American people and an affront to the core principles of our republic and the rule of law.

The personnel management within the EPA is a mess, but that is no surprise when the agency's top officials are willful lawbreakers themselves.

So it is astonishing to me that a 30-day suspension is all that someone gets for even pleading guilty of felony theft.

Well, it seems like 8 years is an awfully long time to try to find a balance between privacy and, you know, that which is public information.

I think it is time for the Postal Service to act as private business has to act in similar situations of constantly losing money without relying upon the taxpayer.

it seems clear to me that we are placing environmental priorities over our national security with all of this; and it is inexcusable

So we have ICE that is responsible for releasing these people that should be deported, but in many cases no one is looking out for them.

I think this needs some further research and investigation.

It seems very commonsensical to me that if an illegal individual in this country commits a sex crime, they need to be put on the National Sex Offender Registry when they are released.

You promised last time you were here that by the end of 2015 that the States would--law enforcement would be notified.

Bottom line when we all come to this, everybody involved, when it comes to the issue of criminal aliens, the public safety is paramount for past victims, as well as potential future victims.

I have actually introduced a bill, and I think that it closes this loophole, H.R. 2793.

I would like, Mr. Chairman, to encourage all our colleagues to get on board with H.R. 2793.

There is no reason to hide behind market sensitivities as an excuse not to provide this committee with that which has been requested through subpoena.

we're all here because of waste, fraud, and abuse, and we're not getting the information we have to to deal with the problem that we need to deal with.