"The United States was not forthcoming."
"I would not abandon the OAS, anyhow."
"I should have been listening. I wish I had. And hat's off to somebody else."
"Are we or are we not? Is the State Department fully committed to transparency, full transparency and accountability, to the taxpayers of the United States?"
"taxpayer money is on the line here."
"If you can't measure it, it is not real as far as I am concerned."
"We shouldn't spend a dime, frankly, without some rigorous metrics and milestones that are efficacious, that are meaningful."
"the PDP as a hopeless waste of money, your money, American money."
"I don't leave this hearing with any confidence that the program in front of us with $1 billion being planned in expenditures over the next several years has the slightest chance of being effective."
"Amendment to H.R. 2918 offered by the Honorable Gerald E. Connolly"
"Amendment to H.R. 2992 offered by the Honorable Gerald E. Connolly"
"I appreciate your attention to the issue which is of critical importance to Federal employees, contractors and taxpayers."