And no amount of innuendo or smear is going to tarnish his reputation.

There is no human problem that cannot be improved with another hearing.

The results of the scorecard should not be seen as some kind of scarlet letter on the backs of agencies.

compliance with FITARA and reporting under FITARA is not a voluntary activity.

I thank my co-collaborator, Ms. Kelly, for her leadership, Mr. Hurd, and Mr. Meadows.

So one way or another, the State Department is going to have to come to grips with reality here.

I'm pleased to see these subcommittees continuing to exercise its oversight responsibility.

we are not going away, and we'll use--I happen to be on that committee too.

I thank the gentleman from New York (Mr. Engel), my dear friend and the distinguished ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. I rise today in support of S. 1635, the Department of State Authorities Act. There is an…

Our bipartisan legislation represents the first major reform of laws governing Federal IT management since 1996.

It's just mind blowing. And the death and injury of individuals fall at the responsibility of some of those very people who look the other way.

all of my comments are directed at getting the attention of Maryland and Virginia that we need a dedicated funding source.

Far from your testimony of robust oversight, you don't have the capability for much by way of safety oversight.

WMATA is not a fine wine. It does not improve with time. What we must do is we must act today.

This is not a trivial issue.

I urge you to contemplate that next time you decide to opine about the relevance of Metro in my jurisdiction.

we want to see that data. Since it got brought up, why pick on only just one part of the system.

I'm willing to invest the political capital in a way that does not play well back in North Carolina.

The failure of Metro cannot be an option.

The Secretary chose to do nothing about that other than give it to you.

I take notice. We talked about this yesterday. We've talked about it multiple times.

There has been no court ruling, that I'm aware of, in the history of the Republic that has challenged or questioned the constitutionality of Congress's right to delegate those authorities.

No employee should ever be afraid to come to work.

I think this bill raises a very important subject we ought to reexamine.

The fact of the matter is Congress is derelict in its duty, not so much by delegation of these fees and collections, but in our inability, frankly, to pass a normal appropriations process.