'I probably won't be asked back anytime soon.' |
cover any disclosure of information — without restriction to time, place, form, motive or context — including a disclosure made in the ordinary course of an employee's duties. |
Individual disclosures of waste, fraud and abuse [are] critical to Congress' ability to protect the public interest. Full protection against retaliation based on such disclosures is essential for effective oversight. |
(It) raises very serious questions about whether Sidney Blumenthal was truthful in his sworn deposition, |
[Katrina] does represent a significant change, and I think we'll have to explore carefully whether the only option we have to increase the effectiveness of response ... is to break the normal line that keeps the military out of certain civilian activities. |
[People could have to] choose between keeping the heat on, putting food on the table or buying much needed prescription drugs, ... No family should need to make such terrible choices. |
[With billions of dollars to boost disaster preparedness at all levels of government,] we would have expected a sharp, crisp response to this terrible tragedy, ... Instead, we witnessed what appeared to be a sluggish initial response. |
a complete disconnect between senior officials and the reality of the situation. |
A happy warrior, ... I think he kind of relishes being a bomb thrower right now. |
Already, some $2 billion per day is being spent on the recovery efforts. We simply cannot wait for existing structures to organize and ramp up or create a whole new bureaucracy that will take many months to get up and running. We need controls that are visible and on the ground as soon as possible, |
An increase of this magnitude demands more certainty that our food supply is safe. |
are already underway. |
As tuition rises, the road to higher education in America gets steeper and harder to climb for lower and middle-income families. |
ask the hard question needed to understand what went so wrong. |
At this point, I see no basis for invoking 'extraordinary circumstances' and for anyone to mount a filibuster. |