"What we have to do up here in my humble opinion, and I think that, I feel very confident that if there is any Committee in Washington, D.C. that has the political courage to do what is necessary it is this one."
"So I just want to talk about the Accountability Act that we are discussing here."
"OIG obviously acknowledged that the actions such as these obviously harm the public trust, that the VA is actually properly executing their duties."
"Representative Mike Coffman and I requested that the VA OIG review allegations that a supervisor at a VA facility in the Bronx... made unauthorized contract purchases for prosthetics totaling more tha..."
"I could not agree with you more. Commissioner, I have spent some time, obviously--we have immigrant communities in my district, and what I hear very often is desperation on the part of people living i..."
"I want to offer my condolences to Ms. Rodriguez and Mr. Mickens and thank you for having the courage to testify today."
"if they think that people do not know there is a gang problem in their local school, then they have their head in the sand."
"criminals could not act with impunity, and that if they were harmed by criminals they could obtain justice."
"Back in 2013, when Representative Rice was district attorney, we were attempting to obtain a Title III wiretap with the FBI but could not reach our legal threshold until we discovered two YouTube vide..."
"We are here today to examine a very real and serious threat to public safety on Long Island."
"I have met with many immigrants in my district over the past 6 months--documented and undocumented--and there is a very real and palpable sense of fear right now in Long Island's immigrant communities..."