"I have seen it personally, and I have also seen the notification requirements to Congress abused."
"And to put a finer point on it, when there is a requirement for any agency or company to--or any agency to notify Congress, do they contact the chairman of a committee?"
"Mr. Graves, one of your main concerns that the FAA currently does not have an official process to receive reports of UAP from pilots or others, correct?"
"Thank you, very much, Mr. Chairman. Good afternoon, Mr. Shapley and Mr. Ziegler, and I want to thank you both for appearing before us today."
"And so, some of the events that you discuss in your deposition took place 2, 3, 4 years ago, correct, over the last several years?"
"And, Mr. Ziegler, when you testified before the Ways and Means Committee, you also testified that you were told that it was then Attorney General William Barr who made the decision to merge the D.C. a..."
"I think in light of the correction, and truly in good faith, these things happen all the time, right?"
"It is important that criminal investigations be conducted fairly and free from political influence."
"We are here today because Donald Trump is exerting an influence campaign in Congress when he is no longer President of the United States."
"I will take the gold star. Thank you, Chairman, and I would like to thank our witnesses here today."
"However, we are also seeing today is an effort to find some issue with this prosecution, this existing prosecution, this is a person who has admitted to crime and finding evidence of political interfe..."
"DACA recipients pay about $6.2 billion in Federal taxes alone. They pay another $3.3 billion in state and local taxes each year."