Bonnie Watson Coleman

I appreciate this opportunity for the subcommittee to consider the importance to our homeland security enterprise of an active and broad partnership between DHS and the private sector.

Thank you very much for your testimony. It is really quite illuminating.

We believe that this provides the foundation, that it addresses the issues, and will help this Department to operate more effectively.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding to me. Mr. Speaker, for the umpteenth time, men in Congress are leading the charge to limit women's access to health care, but now, instead of just wasting taxpayer dollars and time, they plan to take…

Every department in Federal Government experiences a transition. But for some reason, it has a harsher impact in this Department, because this Department has not really jelled yet with all of its various components.

But use your influence with the majority so they don't close out the voting before I get there.

So if there are allegations of a serious breach of conduct, can the agency sort of suspend a clearance on an individual?

I spent much of my career working in EEO/affirmative action, and so I understand the, sort of, frustration when the system just does not do what it is supposed to do.

Congratulations to you, Admiral. You are very encouraging, and it seems that you have taken this assignment on with all high expectations, and with respect to those that get the job done, on behalf of all of us.

This week, the House will consider dangerous legislation on coal ash that will put communities and families in New Jersey in danger. We need strong Federal regulation on coal ash waste. Poor management practices in States like Pennsylvania…

I am here this evening to correct the record on women's health. As the only woman in a tristate delegation that includes New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, I speak for millions of women whose right to abortion was codified by the…

So what does that mean to have oversight, just to observe?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you very much. I'm sorry, I was late, so some of my questioning may be a little bit naive here.

There was always this need for this specialized, high-level experience and training in the industry in order to be considered at the very top of the industry.

It seems that they may have decided upon a direction in which to go, but not necessarily having information necessary to go in that direction.

I'm not sure where I read this, but it was mentioned that TOC has not been certified.

Yesterday, the United States and our allies reached a landmark agreement with Iran to prevent them from obtaining a nuclear weapon. To get to this point, Mr. Speaker, we used diplomacy to find a potential solution that seeks to stabilize…

I thank the gentlemen for yielding to me. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to join his call for justice for the sailors and their families who suffered in the discriminatory and callous response to the Port Chicago Naval Magazine tragedy. This is…

We need to be focusing on putting our efforts there.

Shouldn't we be prepared to listen to an array of programs and approaches that are evidence-based?

I think that we have an opportunity to do it better.

I really would have wished we had the opportunity to separate these hearings and concentrate on the domestic issues.

I am very concerned about the radicalization of these very young people.

Are there any additional costs associated with this reorganization? Will there be a request for additional funds? If so, how much?

I'm a member of--actually, I'm the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency, and we've heard a lot about the struggle that we've had in certain of the components with regard to acquisition management.