Jamie Raskin

Like, there is the level of rhetoric which a lot of politics in Washington takes place, and then there is the level of real investment in work to make things happen.

That is money that you intended to use on essential oversight of COVID-19 relief.

I get complaints all the time from constituents about the Medicare Advantage plans and what is taking place there.

This is tangible evidence of the Biden-Harris Administration's and the Democratic Majority's commitment to work for the American people and deliver meaningful results over the last Congress.

The 2023 list highlights 37 areas across the Federal Government that are at greatest risk today of waste, fraud, and mismanagement, and that need broad structural reform.

Thank you so much, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank you for calling this very important hearing with the GAO on its recently released 2023 High-Risk List.

I thank the gentlewoman for her remarks. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).

I thank the distinguished gentlewoman from Pennsylvania for her remarks, and I reserve the balance of my time.

I don't think that Chair Jordan's introduction of legislation constitutes a threat in violation of the First Amendment.

The legislation itself contemplated granting the District of Columbia a voting representative, but only in the House, not in the Senate.

Why wouldn't every citizen want to know if there is an officer coming from another jurisdiction who has been convicted of an assault?

It has been a historical struggle to desegregate the Army, to let African Americans into the Army, to let women into the Army, to let gay people serve in the Army publicly.

It would be great if we actually had the Department of Defense here to speak to this question of what we are doing to compensate the newly recruited members of the armed forces.

Potential recruits are not afraid of going woke. They are afraid of going broke.

The Army fell short of its recruitment goals by 15,000 last year. Why has it become more difficult to recruit people into the military?

I thank the gentleman. Mr. Chair, we need more politicians reading books and fewer politicians trying to censor books in America. It is amazing to me to see politicians who oppose a universal violent criminal background check and who…

There really is no difference in the power and potential violence of the weapon, and there is very little difference in the weapon's design.

Today's braces are largely used to exploit a loophole in the regulatory structure to allow owners to turn their weapons into short-barreled rifles.

The COVID-19 pandemic came to America in 2020, of course, when Donald Trump was President. And that President's policy failures, magical thinking, and total recklessness caused, according to his own special advisor on COVID, Deborah Birx…

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 Texas will be postponed. Amendment No. 15 Offered by Mr. Yakym The Acting CHAIR (Mr…

May I inquire as to how much time is remaining? The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Bucshon). The gentleman from Maryland has 2\1/ 2\ minutes remaining.

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

As far as I understand, the amendment just adds one more unnecessary detail to the report, creating greater administrative burden and taxpayer costs that are still undefined. It is unclear why it is necessary. If it is necessary, it should…

I reclaim my time. I think the gentleman raises a very interesting point. I would love to know the answer as to whether or not it is actually incorporated today in what the inflationary or deflationary effects are of debt servicing costs…

I just repeat my puzzlement from before. Perhaps if Mr. Cloud would yield for another question. What is the inflationary impact of debt servicing costs? Have there been any economic studies on that? Madam Chair, I yield to the gentleman…