Mark Meadows actually said...

"I believe that a friendly amendment that would protect our whistleblowers would be in order."

"the IG Empowerment Act would give you most of the tools, you believe, to be able to make sure that we not only have a transparent and accountable government but empower the IGs to be able to better do..."

"I do believe that--and so maybe you can speak to that critical nature of that particular piece of legislation on how it could have helped in this situation and other similar situations."

"If we are going to cut the budget, it doesn't need to be cut from the census, it needs to be cut from other areas of responsibility, from my perspective."