Criminal justice reform is very personal to me. I have seen the problems that plague the system through many lenses.

The Fair Chance Act is important, both in terms of what it does, and in terms of the example it sets.

Our bill would do what many state agencies and private corporations are already doing.

We can do better. We can provide meaningful opportunities to those who have paid their dues who are seeking a second chance.

Numerous people create calendar entries on what can be labeled my calendar to maintain a schedule for the organization of daily appointments, both personal and official.

Definitely, but right now the White House has been stonewalling us on information. But we are getting there.

Let me be abundantly clear. According to many, we have one of the best staffs on Capitol Hill. I plan to keep it.

We have been able to come together in the past.

Yes. We have been investigating that for a while.

Yes. It is one of my top priorities.

Let's be honest. I have heard this untruth... about the first witness that we brought was Michael Cohen.

There is so much to look at. As I have said many times, we have so many things that are coming towards us.

We are very careful with the people's money.

I am going to tell you, if you or any of us were working at 4 o'clock in the morning and then had to come back at 9, you are not going to be but so effective.

We are looking not only at waste, fraud, and abuse, but we are also looking at the way--and this is something that we have not talked about a lot here, but the way employees are treated.

We have our entire oversight plan that we have submitted last week, and it sets forth a very large set of investigative priorities ranging from hurricane-response efforts to preventing retaliation against whistleblowers.

A combination of all of the above.

He has already been told--he came to us and said--he told the Congress that the citizenship question--I am going to be very brief--came from DOJ.

I refuse to do what I have seen done in this committee over the years.

It has taken a different flavor since President Trump has taken office and that is disgraceful.

We need to all be rowing in the same direction. People are dying out there.

It is disheartening. It does not show that he has the proper sense of urgency on this problem.

You know, one of the reason I think, and I was surprised too Welch, but they have been rationing the drug.

The first call I made when I became chairman was to the Ranking Member, and I said, 'I want to come visit your district...'

I want to know what you expect, but I want you to know what I expect.