"How serious do you think whistleblowers take your mission when you contract out for God knows how many millions of dollars a service that you got really a poor quality work product from?"
"I expect thorough and accurate investigations and nothing less."
"We have an environment right now that is very hostile to whistleblowers."
"Data shared by ICE with Rep. Kathleen Rice in 2017 demonstrated LGBTQ people in ICE custody to be 97 times more likely to be sexually victimized than non-LGBTQ people."
"This 94-year-old veteran, who served his country and played by the rules and informed the VA of the passing of his wife, to be hit with this financial burden when he can't--I mean, he can't pay for hi..."
"It is concerning to me the number of the overpayment debt collection cases that I have seen in my district have involved elderly veterans."
"I mean, I hope that everyone on this panel sees the ridiculousness of this situation."
"There is simply--I mean, I think this case highlights exactly what you said, which is when rules are put in place and they are not followed."
"you shouldn't have an agency like the VA being constantly run by someone in an acting position"
"I think this is an issue that we--my time is up, but I think this is, you know, we need to communicate that acting positions and this kind of turnover are not helpful to the efficient running of an ag..."
"If it means us acting to raise those caps, if that is where the authorization comes from, that is what we have to do"