Gerry Connolly

For the record, that $25 billion was the recommendation of, of all people, the Postal Board of Governors.

I'm asking that the Democrats and the Republicans on this committee ask Senator McConnell to bring this bill to a vote before the Senate.

The Post Office should be a bipartisan, nonpartisan position that serves the American people.

The American public is entitled to have confidence that the mail is going to be delivered and it's not going to be in any way, shape, or form compromised by the actions of the Postmaster General.

I look forward to their joining us in opposing voter suppression that dilutes votes.

I find Mr. Jordan and Mr. von Spakovsky references to human beings as illegal aliens as offensive.

Well, my, my, my. You're right. You've been on the job 70 days and you've caused this much ruckus.

The Postal Service Board of Governors is required by law to represent the public interest, not the President, not a political party, or not even the Postmaster General.

The Postal Service is not only fighting for its economic survival; it's fighting to maintain 120 years of professional service.

We have an obligation constitutionally to ensure that something that's been part of the American fabric since 1775 has a future.

I was proud to cosponsor your bill that passed the House with 26 Republicans showing the courage to address an emergency.

There are three of us, not two.

The only reason, in theory, we've made the progress we've made is because we have stubbornly insisted on the metrics contained in the scorecard for five years.

The Federal IT community has benefited greatly from working with you and your bipartisan partners along the way, Representatives Issa, Hurd, Kelly, Meadows, and now Ranking Member Hice.

A C minus is not a great overall grade for--given your mission.

Let me just say, Ms. Roat, I wrote that section of the bill, so I care about it, and I'm not going anywhere.

I would like to start by thanking you, Chairman Connolly, for your leadership not only in creating FITARA, but also your unprecedented follow-through with more than five years of consistent oversight which has included 10 scorecards.

No CEO I know would keep the job.

So, we are going to insist on a robust definition of data centers so that we continue the goal of consolidation to, A, effectuate savings that can then be used internally for reinvestment because they are one of the big sources of…

Security is our primary focus, right.

OPM got, I think, a C, C minus overall grade.

The breach may not have been huge but, you know, this committee had a hearing on your agency or including your agency several years ago, and what came out was surprisingly, although maybe not surprisingly, but the Department of Education…

I would just say a word of caution. When we began this category, there were agencies that claimed they had no high-risk projects, none.

None of that is particularly appealing to young people on the college campus to come work for the Federal Government.

There are at least a dozen that still use COBOL. Now, the only good news about that is I understand that the Chinese don't know how to hack into COBOL.