Can you commit to us again today that you will heed this subcommittee's direction on all reorganizations, closures, and staffing changes?

the budget request before us today is dead on arrival because it would pull out the rug from underneath every single State in our country and decimate critical public health and environmental programs.

We all know how important emergency response coordination is to ensure unfortunate events do not escalate into tragedies.

Well, multiple reports indicate that the White House believes this happened.

Senator Van Hollen has all the documents. We'll put them all into the record.

It's clear that I've had policy disagreements with you from the beginning and that I opposed your nomination.

That was done after the fact.

We'll put all the documents in the record, and you can make your arguments to the----

By my count, there are 14, including the inquiry I requested today.

Do you support Special Counsel Mueller completing his investigation?

The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) prohibits directing a subordinate to do personal work for you.

Time and again we see public health and safety precautions taking a back seat while corporate friends and donors get special attention.