Mark Meadows

It is critical that we not only look at our preparedness for the next disaster but ensure reforms we enacted last year in the Disaster Recovery Reform Act are implemented.

We are fast approaching hurricane season, and we are still recovering from a number of recent disasters across the Nation.

Your implementation plan at this point is an unmitigated disaster.

It is not only critical that we look at how we prepare for the next disaster but ensure that the reforms get implemented.

Last year, as you know, my home State of North Carolina was hit by Hurricane Florence, Tropical Storm Michael, and other severe storms and tornadoes.

We are talking about best efforts. Actually, you are bigger than most of the big banks.

So let me just tell you--I will say the same to you. The days are over with, and you had better come up with a plan to this Chairman on how you are going to fix it.

The days of freelancing on this and having somebody stick their finger up and figure out whether they are going to take them, they are over, I am here to tell you.

Did you make a mistake by taking down now Senator Blackburn's ad? Did Facebook make a mistake? Yes or no?

We are serious about this and let us get together and work on legislation.

There has to be some kind of punitive measure.

The days are over with, and you had better come up with a plan to this Chairman on how you are going to fix it.

Did Facebook make a mistake? Yes or no?

When you are taking down political campaign ads, every minute matters.

Are you aware of any current Twitter employees or previous Twitter employees who have shared information with the public on how to affect the Twitter followers and engagement of people that are on Twitter?

The minute that you start putting your hand on the scale of freedom and justice to tilt it one way or another, quite frankly, we have to act as Members of Congress.

We do not recognize the same--and I'm saying it with you and this administration, I said it with the previous administration, the whole deliberative, predecisional thing, we don't recognize.

You're willing to work with GAO to implement a strategy?

I find that less than, I guess you might say, the best strategy.

I don't know that this consolidation will actually change some of that frustration.

I look forward to going through that.

Isn't that what happens, is they provide a similar or relatively similar service, and yet there's not the efficiency of one?

I mean, there are areas where we're doing exactly the same thing, and yet you have different agencies that would both say they can do it better.

This also, reorganization, shouldn't be seen as a way to downsize the Federal employee footprint.

It's important that we are effective and efficient.