Today's hearing is especially intended to review existing policies at key Federal agencies relating to employee precautionary behavior.

If I have to legislate that they have the right to wear masks to protect themselves and their families and their communities, that is what I will do.

You are not relying on CDC. I know you are trying to shift the responsibility to them, but you have already taken it upon yourselves to make a dual policy.

We give these folks at the border arrest authority. We give them guns to defend themselves and empower them to use deadly force if necessary.

It would be a shame if it has to be legislated, that someone would not just not step up and do the right thing.

These officers and agents should be allowed to take reasonable precautions in order to safeguard their health.

It was not lethal. But that doesn't mean, and the following panel I think will elucidate on this, the following strain won't be lethal.

I cannot believe that employees would ever be put in this position again.

We're not going to be rolled on this and when we ask you a question and we get all these people together and we have a hearing, and we ask you a specific question to address on your testimony, by God we want the answer.

I don't think there's a majority shareholder in this country--only 80 percent of any company--that is being treated like the American taxpayer is in this case.

We own 80 percent of your company. You exist because the American taxpayer purchased, you know, 79.9 percent of your shares.

I just am very concerned about, having worked on job sites for about 20 years, your ability to be out there on the ground.