"This funding will help us understand what happened during COVID and how to better prepare for future emergencies."
"GAO's independent, nonpartisan work is critical to the mission of efficient government, serving the public, and rooting out waste."
"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."
"that really is cutting off our nose to spite our face."
"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."
"Congress has committed $24 billion in security assistance to Ukraine in their war of self-defense against the brutal invasion by Russia."
"this reckless Default on Our Debt Act would gut funding not just for veterans and housing and nutrition and climate work and so on, but for important oversight work which saves billions of dollars to ..."
"I get complaints all the time from constituents about the Medicare Advantage plans and what is taking place there."
"That is money that you intended to use on essential oversight of COVID-19 relief."
"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."