John Cornyn

Republican Senator John Cornyn accused Holder of misleading Congress about what he and other top Justice Department officials knew about the botched Fast and Furious gun-running operation in Mexico.

If confirmed, do you believe that a special prosecutor or special counsel would be warranted?

The problem of accountability that Senator Grassley addressed earlier... raises the concern that I think the Justice Department is perhaps the hardest job...

Are you aware or can you confirm that Mr. Axelrod participated in that? And wouldn't that concern you?

My concern really comes from our independent constitutional responsibility to provide oversight of the Federal Government, including the Department of Justice.

It seems to be that there is some sort of coordinated effort to leak classified information, which, of course, jeopardizes the sources of that information...

As a prosecutor and Deputy Attorney General of the United States, does it trouble you that current and former advisers of the President would talk to reporters and disclose classified information about this highly sensitive program?

I join Senator Grassley in expressing deep concern about what appears to be a troubling lack of accountability at the Department of Justice.

But I also would join Senator Grassley in expressing concern that as part of the investigation into the botched gunrunning operation known as Fast and Furious that the Department has unfortunately misled Congress.

Just looking at the article in the New York Times on the so-called Kill List and the President's personal participation in that process...

With that, Mr. President, I reserve the remainder of my time and yield the floor.

Thank you, Mr. President. The Violence Against Women Act will be reauthorized, at least in the Senate, by bipartisan consensus today. There are some different versions that will be offered. I am sure each side thinks theirs is an…

Let me tell you the reason for my concern.

I am offering a bipartisan amendment that will address the 400,000 estimated untested rape kits that currently are sitting in police lockers and elsewhere.

This DNA information would be vitally important and enormously useful.

These DNA samples, again as you know, can be checked against the FBI's nationwide DNA data base, CODIS, to determine whether the arrestee or detainee has committed other crimes perhaps in other jurisdictions.

Secretary Work and Secretary Commons, who is responsible for the failure of Navy ERP to comply with long-established Federal laws governing the purchase of Federal financial systems?

Secretary Work and Secretary Commons, how can the Navy expect to obtain auditable financial statements when the ERP system it is purchasing does not comply with the law?

Was any evaluation done on the effectiveness of this training?

Who conducted this training?

Secretary Work and Secretary Commons, has the Navy saved money with its deployment of Navy ERP? If not yet, when will it?

DOD has over 48,000 civilian financial managers. That's 48,000 accountants, auditors, financial managers, budget analysts, clerks, administrators, payroll officials, and others.

Could you please provide a date when DOD will be removed from GAO's high risk list for fraud, waste, and abuse for financial management and business transformation?

Secretary Hale, you have regularly testified that congressional involvement has helped spur action with regard to improving financial management.

Secretary Work and Secretary Commons, the DOD IG found that the Navy was not compliant with the USSGL and the SFIS.