Jaime Herrera Beutler

Congratulations on the Government Accountability Office's 100th year. That is remarkable.

I look forward to the day when the Library does physically reopen its doors to welcome the public.

I want to make sure that my constituents back home in southwest Washington and citizens across this Nation have these resources.

The Library of Congress is a treasure of the United States, and it is our duty to protect the valuable collections.

The Capitol Police force and your fiscal requests this year for fiscal year 2022 is, as the chairman noted, a 20.96-percent increase over the fiscal year 2021 enacted level.

Would it be beneficial for the House to explore working with your agency to have OCWR lead the required trainings?

I appreciate the work of you and your team to protect the rights of employees, assuring access for persons with disabilities.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And welcome, back Mrs. Grundmann. It is a pleasure to have you.

Awesome. Thank you so much. I appreciate it.

Congratulations to the Government Publishing Office for achieving its 160th year in operation. That is amazing.

I have never heard of--like, not being able to close your door, to me, when there are literally three sides that a Mack truck can drive through?

I am grateful that the mob didn't know that there are these major areas of entrance that just--we just--it was kind of shocking to me that, security-wise, we didn't know that.

It really seems like you are the appropriate agency for this because of that exact point.

I think the next piece for me that has been a focus has been the fact that we have all these different layers of people looking to harden our infrastructure against any future attacks, quite frankly, and the security piece.

Thank you. And I should add, Mr. Chairman, that my specific district is home to Sasquatch.

Do you still believe this is an issue? Is there something that we need to do to help speed that process up to ensure CBO is getting the information it needs in a timely manner?

Thank you. You know, it brings to mind just your--even the ability to kind of update, because that is such a dynamic situation, based on opening and closing again.

Ensuring that all offices have equal access to the information that CBO produces continues to be a top priority for me.

I do like having our own independent budget analysis separate from the executive branch, and even from private entities.

I am really looking forward to working with you, Chairman Ryan, to put together a bill that includes member priorities while exercising the fiscal restraint that we can.

We look forward to hearing how you plan to implement these changes and how they will further improve GAO's work.

The information you have released has been incredibly helpful, and it has been timely.

And you have mentioned working in the cloud--and I will make this quick--but that is part of what your increase is for, for nonpersonnel costs that include improving your ability to detect cyber threats and continue to shift staff to…

I am frustrated that I am not hearing, 'This is how we are fixing that right now. This is what we are doing.'

The U.S. Capitol police union issued an overwhelming no-confidence vote for the force's top leaders, including acting Chief Yogananda Pittman.