"Our committee's purpose is to ensure that government is effectively delivering on its promises to the American people."
"Mr. Chairman, thank you so much. It means a lot to me."
"I just want to briefly return to something you mentioned at the start of the meeting."
"I feel the obligation to stand in defense of this subcommittee, which I was the first and I guess the only chair up until this point."
"It is our duty to rise to the occasion and conduct oversight and provide accountability on this crucial subject."
"I think this committee room and the Halls of Congress need to be filled with the voices of regular Americans."
"I rise in support of the gentleman's amendment."
"No one should be prevented from performing their duties on behalf of their constituents due to unavoidable and uncontrollable health conditions."
"the rules work best when they work symmetrically and fairly for everyone."
"I am offering the amendment to strike the provision of rule 7 granting the Chair the unilateral discretion to allow committee members to participate in the hearings of subcommittees on which they are ..."
"I am glad that we are, indeed, going to begin on COVID-19 relief and some abuses that have taken place under that program."