"We should not tolerate boondoggles as consumers, but we also should not tolerate them as taxpayers."
"Taxpayers deserve an accounting of why we are not getting what we paid for as promised."
"I think it is interesting that you have all the Republicans asking questions right now. So I appreciate this hearing, Mr. Chairman. Clearly, we care, and I know you do."
"I know we have talked about the numbers, but I think it bears repeating. The Federal Government spent over $66 billion on illegal immigrants in 2023, according to the Federation for American Immigrati..."
"$3 billion. $66 billion on illegals, $3 billion on people who have laid down their lives for this country."
"We care about our homeless veterans. We care about our veterans, and yes, we care about them a little bit more than we care about people who have broken the law to get here illegally."
"Maybe we could find that out of that $66 billion, right, different between million and billion, big difference, we could funnel some more of that $66 billion to our homeless veterans."
"Your ability to tolerate this behavior is completely unacceptable, and sometimes you do need to use the stick because disincentives work."
"Do you believe in capitalism?"
"Have you ever owned a business?"
"Is that yes, you have owned a business, or no, that is not."
"Even Mayor Bowser has told President Biden that his Administration's telework policies are killing Washington, D.C.'s local businesses."