Mark Meadows

I would encourage you to become aware of that.

Is it important that we have a set of laws and a set of regulations where everybody can look at this transparently and say this was the decision that was made?

How do we know that the decision that the EPA has made, because you talked about transparency earlier----

That interpretation can be very troubling when there is not a standard.

What I want to make sure of is that those who invest in infrastructure... have some consistent standard.

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But that's my point. It didn't change the improper payments.

So what changed in 2011 or 2012? And I'll yield back to the chairman, let you answer.

I mean, a reasonable person would do this.

Ninety-day law. It is law. I can give you a copy. Ninety-day law.

How many businesses have to go out of business before we start abiding by the law?

For me, I have a lot more trust in the nurse or the doctor that cares for me than I do somebody that works here in Washington, D.C.

It is very troubling to me that when I sit on an authorizing committee and now on an oversight committee...

Well, that's not what the IG--the IG didn't say that.

Would you be willing to commit to the committee today that we can have access to those individuals to ask them questions? Yes or no?

I can't imagine why, if you had nothing to hide, we would be denied access to those types of people.

But when you found out, the last hearing, that you didn't comply with the laws, the Federal records, did you go back to that person and say, you know what, you messed up?

Who's your senior person within the IRS or Treasury that you would've appointed according to that guidance?

I'm not convinced that people or dollars make a difference.

That is not what the law says.

So if you are not willing to follow the law in terms of what is already passed, how will a new law help you accomplish that?

Should they have gotten a bonus if they didn't perform, if this was one of the matrix of performance?

So do we give out bonuses based on people making progress on this?

But to say we are making progress when we still are wasting $106 billion, don't you think that is an inaccurate narrative?

So the only reason the percentage came down is because we are spending more.