Joe Morelle

I think it was very commendable. I think--you know, just to casual observers outside of Congress, I think they would agree that the one-third/two-third split--I think people would just intuitively say it doesn't seem fair considering the…

I think the staff here are amazing in the House. I don't think there are enough of them to support the incredible work we have to do.

One major area of disagreement is the role we play in the oversight of federal elections.

I had the privilege of debating the rule on the CHIPS and Science Act. Grateful that it passed.

What you do is critically important to the future of the United States and its national security.

I was prepared to support a doubling of their allocation. Apparently they have asked for less than that.

We are not going to always agree on policy, but I certainly appreciate agreement on civility and conducting ourselves in ways that the American public would be proud of.

I would love to work with you both on making certain that our country's fiscal health is in order.

Thank you to you, Mr. Chairman; you, Mr. Ranking Member, for all of your hard work and your stewardship of the committee.

I think it also uses the Clerk's Office for--to make sure that there are court reporters, broadcasting live-streaming, et cetera.

I think there's a lot that we learned here this morning.

I think we still need to understand many of the questions that have been raised in the inspector general's report.

Well, first, let me thank my colleague and the Chairman of this Committee for organizing this hearing.

I have not seen any response to that. I wondered if you could give me the--your rationale for those costs.

Well, let me just observe that I think if you felt the need to go to South Carolina or Florida on vacation and have the car with you because it needs to be with you at all times, and yet, there are allegations, pretty serious ones, that…

If you need to be tethered and if you needed the vehicle to be here, why did you make the decision not to come here?

I want to go back over some testimony you just gave to the Chair.

I expect today's hearing to cover a wide range... of important topics, including what AOC leadership is doing to combat some systemic problems within the agency.

Notwithstanding the enormous dedication of the agency's employees, in October 2022, the report released by the inspector general... points to serious problems within the Architect of the Capitol.

The agency of the Architect of the Capitol plays a pivotal role in making the Capitol complex a place in which my colleagues and I are privileged to work, safe, welcoming, and functional.

My understanding is that many of these indepth findings from the comprehensive Capitol security assessment and the details on supplemental spending have been classified.

May I ask, Mr. Chair, if we could just ask the witness if you could supply us with some detail on those in written following up.

I want to go back to the inspector general's report as it relates to phase 1 and phase 2 of the Cannon Project.

I'm--I'll admit, given the chairman's question about whether or not you were here on January 6th, which seems to me probably the greatest emergency the Capitol has faced in probably two centuries, if you need to be tethered and if you…

I know that you have described--I think this is the right term--that you need to be tethered--your vehicle needs to be tethered to the architect, meaning you, so that you could respond directly to get to the Capitol.