It is clear that ensuring ethical conduct here in the House has never been more important.

We had a Republican Member come in not very long ago and said to us, everybody knows that OCE is prejudice against us Republicans.

Why do we serve? It is not for the glory. There is no glory in serving on this board.

In all these years of OCE, 15 years, 52 Democrats, 52 Republicans.

if men were angels no Government would be necessary, if angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on Government would be necessary.

No one is above the law.

I remain committed to fighting against corruption for my years of work to hold judges accountable for sexual assaults to my work as a Member of the Appropriations Committee ensuring appropriate use of taxpayers' funds.

We want it to be as good as it can be. We want to it to be great. This is the people's House.

If men were angels no Government would be necessary, if angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on Government would be necessary.

I ask that all Members of this Committee to take the opportunity during this hearing to join Representative D'Esposito and me in publicly calling on a bipartisan basis for Mr. Santos to resign.

Every week it is the same scene, my Republican colleagues and friends crying lack of confidence, which they are squarely to blame for creating in the first place.

I would say also that there was no evidence that that happened in 2020 despite the numerous claims of the former President.