Thank you all for your interest in transparency, for your interest in this particular subject.

H.R. 5499 would hold the agencies accountable, but more fundamentally, it would make Congress accountable to the people.

Prepare at least two questions that we can ask OMB, the IRS, and Department of Treasury when we have the follow-up hearing.

If we leave it up to a nonspecified, arbitrary fine and fee schedule, it's one thing to say, okay, a fee covers the cost of this particular thing and this is where we collect it and it goes, that's one issue.

I think at some point, if we want to be anything more than a debating society, we're going to have to start reclawing some of this authority.

That gets us half the way there with fees, fines, and settlement, doesn't it?

This is something we need to pursue. We need to make sure this bill gets done, gets passed, becomes law.

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.

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 their job not just at DOJ but across…

The big one, fraud prevention, according to what you've given us, it doesn't look like you plan to deliver that until March of 2020.

The egg on our face will not happen with some of the other, granted, very important aspects that you have under your jurisdiction.

I thank the gentlewoman for her interest in making sure that everybody is properly counted.