I think if they had fully implemented the recommendations in 2015 or 2016 they could have potentially mitigated a number of the problems we talked about today.

We are focused on correctly, you know, the shortcomings of the contractor. But we also, as the Oversight Committee, need to focus on the shortcomings of the management of contracting and the contractor.

So, that is what is unique. The stakes here are enormous. They affect all of our services.

the good news is, I think, for the first time since we passed the bill, there are no F's and no D's in the scorecard.

IRS had trouble in part because it experienced over a 10-year period a 20-percent cut in its budget, and it was starved of resources, including IT resources.

I think you're absolutely onto that, and I'd be glad to work with you in perhaps talking to GAO to get ready for of that kind of analysis.

You can't have erratic budgets.

So, it's time for us to look at reform. It's time for us to look at changes.

I can assure you every single major vote on this committee, since I have been here, on this subject has been bipartisan.

I really appreciate that cooperation.

I made a promise to Mr. Hice that I would fight for that, and today is the fruit of that effort.

if I were an intelligence person and I saw any kind of intelligence that seemed halfway credible... I would want to make sure the Commander in Chief knew about that.

I think that gives him a flashing green light to do more of it and to look at other areas where he can do damage to the United States.

the rationale given for why he was not briefed, as you just pointed out, Mr. Morell, does not have credibility.

It seems to me in the South China Sea, the only power that can counter Chinese influence is us.

Under President Xi, after all of that buildup in strength, let's assert it.

the decision by the Trump Administration to pull out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership I also think was an enormous strategic blunder

I thank my good friend, Eleanor Holmes Norton, who is managing today's bill to right a wrong, but unfortunately, because D.C. does not have a vote here in the Congress, she won't be able to cast a vote on final passage of her own bill…

I thank my good friend from California for her brilliant leadership on this very important matter. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the bill, the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020. I am proud to cosponsor this long-overdue…

It's a reminder that there's a human face and there are real consequences to the loss of any life in this pandemic.

The need to support and protect the health and safety of the Federal work force has never been more important.

I actually agree with him that we ought to be moving toward in-person, real-time, real-life hearings.

the priority on health and safety before we return to, quote, normalcy, unquote.

Please stop making this a political talking point. This is about life and death.

The President of the United States has himself decided that he will not wear a mask.