I think it is extremely important that we have a chance to talk and to follow up on a number of things that concern Members of this Committee with respect to the United States Postal Service.

If you want to be tough on crime, then you have got to be tough on gun violence.

Crime should never be an opportunity to demonize and vilify a whole population of American citizens.

Congress has the power to modify the boundaries of the Federal District.

The statehood petition, which Congresswoman Norton has introduced, makes all the sense in the world.

If teachers are important, we ought to act like it, and we ought to stop all of this castigating.

the Chinese Communist Party's growing influence is absolutely contrary to America's interests and to America's values.

I keep talking about them because I think they are everywhere and, you know, the fraud that we have seen in the PPP program and EIDL, which this Committee, the full Committee has been overseeing, is alarming.

The government is talking about cutting back on SNAP benefits for very needy and poor families.

This is a very damning report.

Well, gentlemen, one thing we are sure of, and that is that the road to hell is still paved with good intentions.

Fraudsters must be identified, prosecuted, and sent to jail. This is theft, grand theft with a great deal of premeditation.

I am a bit appalled that this hearing now gets layered over with the issue of race in a very strong way.

That got my attention, and it will keep my attention.

I think we've got to pursue both of those paths if we are ever to get the truth.

This, for lack of a better term, has scared the hell out of me.

I would strongly support, Madam Chair, any future hearings on this.

This is designed--and again, I want to commend the Chair and the Ranking Member Ruiz for making sure that we move down a path together.

I just don't like that at all.

Mr. Mfume. I vote aye.

We campaign in that kind of poetry, but we are elected to govern in prose.

I would caution all Members that we are getting very close to witness intimidation, right on the verge of it.

I disassociate myself with her remarks when she said, as did the gentlewoman from Georgia, 'God bless Elon Musk.'

So, my point here about content moderation on the front end prevents some of the crazy things we see on the back end.

I thank the ranking member of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Mr. Raskin, for yielding this time. A couple quick things. H.R. 139 is an overly broad proposal that stretches across the entirety of the Federal Government workplace to…