Jeff Fortenberry: “I think the heart of the question is, are the controls, the system robust enough to have caught something like this?”

I really appreciate that. I think this whole committee very much does.

I thank the gentleman from Virginia for yielding. Mr. Speaker, you might notice a little smile on my face. Honestly, as I was walking over here to speak on the bill, I was reflecting on my own life as a father. I have five children. When…

Again, more money with a good intention is not necessarily the right outcome. This has to be standards of accountability, metrics that determine, are we making progress toward the outcomes we achieve?

Listen, China is on the march. They have a hybrid capitalistic/communistic system that directly subsidizes industry.