Mitt Romney

If you do not, it did not seem like the penalties were substantial.

I must admit, I am a little frustrated sometimes. We will call for the Administration to do something, on the Executive Branch to do something, and we ask them to do so much stuff that it does not happen.

I think like many that serve with me, we are discouraged by the high levels of waste, fraud, and abuse that were associated with our Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) relief efforts.

Congress is, just in the Senate side, 100 people all pulling in different directions, or in the same direction but all pulling.

I presume part of it is that all of us who want to get elected, and that is the people up here, want to show that we are doing something about something our voters care about.

If you do not, it did not seem like the penalties were substantial. I wonder, should we substantially increase the penalties for defrauding the government of the United States such that people really think twice about doing what so many…

It sounds like it is something that has to be executed by the Executive Branch. If they are not moving on that front you are looking to Congress to insist that they do move on that front.

I appreciate the work that you are doing, particularly that which identifies waste and duplication in government, of which there is plenty.

Let the record show that the Democratic Party is in the majority in Congress now, so they take full responsibility.

I would also hope that there is a way to increase staffing.

I would encourage you to fulfill the legal responsibility and the law that was passed last year asking for the State Department to report on the geographic diversity and accessibility of passport agencies.

I would expect the surge to continue to grow with the Paris Olympics next year.

I think it is unreasonable to expect Americans to think it is going to take them months to get a passport.

I would expect the surge to continue to grow with the Paris Olympics next year.

I think it is unreasonable to expect Americans to think it is going to take them months to get a passport.

I would encourage you to fulfill the legal responsibility and the law that was passed last year asking for the State Department to report on the geographic diversity and accessibility of passport agencies.

I would also hope that there is a way to increase staffing.

I would note that this--I would expect the surge to continue to grow with the Paris Olympics next year.

I would encourage you to fulfill the legal responsibility and the law that was passed last year asking for the State Department to report on the geographic diversity and accessibility of passport agencies.

It is unreasonable to expect Americans to think it is going to take them months to get a passport.

I would also hope that there is a way to increase staffing.

I very much appreciate that, as a citizen.

I do not want to oversimplify the--our successful strategy relative to the former Soviet Union, but we out-competed them militarily, economically, and they finally cried uncle.

Are there some things that we are really not getting right yet, that we are not focused on sufficiently that really ought to become the focus of our strategy?

Are there some things that we are really not getting right yet, that we are not focused on sufficiently that really ought to become the focus of our strategy?