Elijah Cummings

Today, the single biggest danger we face in fighting cancer and other deadly diseases in this country is President Trump's budget.

Congress must reject the devastating cuts to NIH proposed by President Trump.

They come, they do a song and a dance, they do the rope-a-dope, they talk about all these drug programs that they have for discounts, they sashay their way out of here, get on their planes, and they never lower the prices.

Every dollar that is squandered through waste, duplication, or fraud is a dollar not available for military training, advanced weaponry, and salaries and benefits for our uniformed and non-uniformed personnel.

However, we also have a duty to ensure that every taxpayer's dollar is put to its most effective and efficient use.

In this dangerous world, the readiness of our warfighters is essential to national security, and Congress has a duty to provide our military with all the necessary resources.

The American people need coverage.

May I inquire how much time I have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Maryland has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.

Let me say that whistleblowers have played a very significant role in our committee, the Oversight and Government Reform Committee. As a matter of fact, many of the reforms that have come have come because people were bold enough to stand…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 31, after line 24, add the following new title (and update the table of contents accordingly): TITLE…

The lack of protections for employees gave people the opportunity to do things that were typically not against the rules because the rules were so flexible but very questionable when you looked at it from a moral or ethical point of view

So many things were governed by self-direction at TSA. It bred misbehavior

There was very little transparency. There was a lot of distrust. There was a sense of, you know, in favor and out of favor employees

I claim the time in opposition. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Maryland is recognized for 5 minutes.

I am very pleased to yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Beyer), the maker of the amendment.

I'm still excited about meeting with the president. I think, basically, his staff gave him some incorrect information. The meeting was never set. We didn't get all of these calls. And he talked about. As a matter of fact, I'm still looking…

I believe that Congress must act now and we must act right now to help put the Postal Service on a sustainable path forward.

I thank you for picking up where we left off and making the bill a better bill.

I have not seen unions work so hard to try to come up with solutions anywhere than the postal unions.

Mr. Chairman, you made a very strong commitment at the end of last year, end of the term.

Well, you should expect to hear from President Trump this afternoon.

Guideline A of the adjudicative guideline states that individuals seeking a security clearance must have unquestioned allegiance to the United States.

According to the website, the National Background Investigations Bureau, NBIB, is now responsible for conducting, and I quote: 'Approximately 95 percent of the total background investigations governmentwide.'

I appreciate integrity over and over again. Like I've said to you, Mr. Chairman, and to our committee members, when you deal with integrity and transparency, it's like money in the bank.

Let's look--let's go as far as we can.