Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 4785, the DHS Stop Asset and Vehicle Excess Act, or the DHS SAVE Act, of 2016. {time} 1515 In October of 2015, the DHS inspector general released a scathing report of the Federal Protective Service's management of its vehicle fleet, a report that reads like a laundry list of poor management decisions. The IG found that the Federal Protective Service had more vehicles than officers, and officers were authorized to drive from home to work with government-owned vehicles, the bigger problem being that that was where they got the bulk of the mileage on the vehicles--from home to work and back--and not actually on the job. Additionally, the report stated that the FPS was not in compliance with Federal and departmental requirements, which is why I introduced the DHS SAVE Act. This bill improves the management of DHS' vehicle fleets by authorizing the Under Secretary for Management at the headquarters level to oversee the components' vehicle fleets; it requires the components to evaluate their fleets on an ongoing basis; it includes penalties for the mismanagement of component fleets; and it requires the DHS to identify alternative methods for the management of component fleets. With the second largest civilian vehicle fleet in the Federal Government, the DHS must absolutely have stricter controls in place at the headquarters level in order to rein in rogue components.…”