Elijah Cummings

I pray that they will, leave their political hats at the door so that Americans, all of them, will be served the way that the Congress intends for them to be served.

I just want to take a moment to say to the IRS employees who are watching us, and to you, Mr. Koskinen, I just want to thank you for your service.

Thank you very much. Mr. Chairman, this hearing has been very helpful in that I think we were able to, to some degree, focus on an IG report. The IG had nine recommendations and they have all been met.

I don't want them to be in a position where they become so paranoid that they don't do what we, the Congress, had mandated that they do.

I never heard the commissioner say that he was not going to obey the subpoena.

I want to revisit the findings of his report.

The IG found that there was 'ineffective management' at the IRS.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Maryland will be postponed. Amendment No. 2 Offered by Mr. Connolly The Acting CHAIR. It is…

As I close, let me say this, Mr. Chairman. Again, these are independent agencies. Independent agencies could be required to do cost-benefit analysis without requiring rules to go through OMB. This bill allows the administrator of OIRA to…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike section 5. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 492, the gentleman from Maryland (Mr…

It only takes a few, but the few can do mighty damage.

If somebody in my block... steals a bike, they get a record for a lifetime.

We cannot bring back those individuals who were killed, but hopefully we can put things in place.

Well, but through its subsidiaries it has received over $2 billion from contracts from a dozen Federal agencies. That is pretty big to me, $2 billion. Would you agree that is pretty big for the Federal Government?

So OPM doesn't decide who gets the check; you just basically make sure that they get money, the company gets money and then they----

I think this is so very, very important.

Altegrity is a big Federal contractor through its subsidiaries, and the American people have a right to know just what kind of people are managing those subsidiaries.

This is a little bit more than that, and we would not have that many people having left.

There is no doubt that we need to conduct a thorough--and when I say thorough, I mean thorough--investigation to determine how Aaron Alexis was able to obtain and keep a security clearance given his troubling background.

Our work has the potential, and I do say the potential, to stand as an important part of this committee's legacy if we follow through on these efforts.

We care about these issues, too, you know.

I will fight until I die, until I die, for the right to vote because it's not about me.

There is no one that I know of that care more about the rights of our citizens than I do.

I did nothing different than what Mr. Issa has done when looking into situations.

What she just said is absolutely incorrect and not true.