Political Quotes

“The gentlewoman makes an interesting argument. Of course, if physical presence in Washington is necessary, then that agency never should have been stripped from Washington and relocated in Colorado in the first place. One could say that entire workforce is calling in or not really working because the entire office has a telework policy. Obviously, she has carved out an exception for that. She thinks they can be effective, even though they are not in Washington, D.C. Look, Mr. Speaker, this has been not just a closed rule but a closed process. There was no hearing in the Oversight and Accountability Committee. Despite the fact that those hearings have been promised, there has been no hearing about it. Let me tell you one of the things we would learn if we actually had a hearing about it. The bill contemplates rolling the clock back to 2019 for every Federal agency. Well, what would that mean for one small agency, the Federal Communications Commission, which has decided upon a plan to reduce its leased office space with a savings of $119 million precisely because of the existence of telework, saying we don't need all that space?…”