"I worry about what kind of a planet we're leaving for them and their kids."
"this is a topic that's critical to both our national security and the integrity of our democracy"
"I hope that you find somebody with the experience and gravitas to lead hundreds of the nation's best scientists and engineers."
"Would you agree that cutting the budget by 70 percent will cause some of the lab employees to lose their jobs?"
"Is it the administration's position that this zeroing out of OPM and moving the employees and the functions to GSA, DOD, and EOP, is it the administration's position that this could be achieved entire..."
"So there's a recognition that Congress needs to be involved in this process, correct?"
"I actually share Congressman Meadows' concern that that would not help alleviate the backlog and might, in fact, make it worse."
"I represent tens of thousands of government employees and Federal contractors who were hurt by the 35-day government shutdown that started in December of last year."
"I do want to add my name to those expressing concern about CECL and FASB's decision to forego a cost-benefit analysis before implementing those requirements."
"the Chinese Communist Party has undertaken a methodical campaign of oppression and an apparent attempt to wipe out the religion and ethnicity of the Uighur people."
"So we need to do better for our employees. We need to do better for our contract workers, especially as more and more--there is more pressure on the government to do more work through contract employe..."
"we need to make sure that they do not forget the pain that was suffered by all these folks and businesses during the shutdown and make sure that it never happens again."