Rob Portman

That seems to me to be inadequate.

Are you concerned that we are moving too slow and losing a leadership position amongst other countries?

I think it is in everybody's interest, including the State Department, to really focus on this effort.

This is not a position that has to go through our confirmation process.

I would just say the obvious, Mr. Deputy Secretary, which is that the other countries are spending billions.

I know they are eager to get back, to say the least.

I think they ought to be careful not to go down a track... where we are buying expensive new technology that is not proven out or the infrastructure is not in place.

It is very important and one we take very seriously here on this Committee, particularly now that we are all so invested in making this Postal Service work.

I trust from knowing Derek and hearing about you, Mr. Tangherlini, that you guys are willing to take it on and make some tough decisions.

The decisions you make are going to affect everybody really, every family in America, every business in America.

I voted against her for the Court of Appeals, and I did so because I'm concerned about her judicial philosophy.

Our response should be militarily, and I don't think we need to spell it out exactly.

I think the use of chemical weapons against innocent civilians is something where we have to draw a red line.

We need to do more. We need to do it more quickly.

That's not the official U.S. policy. And by saying that, that regime changes our strategy eventually, it plays into the hands of the Russian propagandists.

I think all of us believe the world would be a better place without Vladimir Putin.

Huge gaps, and understanding we needed to get money out the door quickly there is no reason not to have that kind of coding and to understand where the money is going and then to follow the money to see whether it is working.

Thank you for doing everything you can to get that taxpayer money back. Eight hundred thirty million bucks is a lot of money. On the other hand, it pales in comparison to the $163 billion, does it not?

We have spent more than $5 trillion of taxpayer money to address the COVID-19 crisis.

Yes. Let us know how we can be more helpful, and part of the problem, you said, is it is converted to assets.

It is good that we are having this hearing today on how to look at the Presidential Records Act (PRA) and the Federal Records Act (FRA).

Having a fulsome record of government activity is also important to the future.

In order to have that transparency and accountability we need a record of what the government is doing, day in and day out.

Transparency in government is obviously a pillar of our democracy and something we should all ensure continues into the digital age.

We have a brutal, illegal, totally unprovoked unjustified attack on our ally, a democratic country, a sovereign country