"It is not the customer; it is the oversight."
"I view that this Department is failing to protect this country, which is its core mission."
"I am concerned about rule of law. I am concerned about the deaths."
"Mr. Chairman, thank you very much. And Chairman Comer, I want to thank you for your not only meeting with at least Republicans before this hearing, but expressing your confidence that you believe that..."
"It would make sense not to rely on self-certification in the future, and yet the Biden Administration is proposing to allow applicants for student loan forgiveness to self-certify for this benefit."
"This is an embarrassment, in my opinion, and I think the opinion of most people where I represent in Texas, that we are encouraging this behavior."
"Mr. Chairman, thank you very much, and I want to thank our witness for being here and the conversation that she is having with the Committee."
"I feel like a heist has taken place, and nobody knows who that masked man was that rode off into the sunset."
"The purpose of this hearing is to begin this face-to-face investigation by the IG."
"It seems like we have gotten off into equity and diversity and all these other matters. I would like to, if I can, go a little bit higher and go to the challenges of politically driven agendas."
"I believe the first nine months with the self-certification went unchecked, and that had a lot to do with a lot of the fraud."