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Chair of Transportation and Infrastructure Committee calls on GSA to remove key figure in infamously lavish Las Vegas event from payroll
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Free trip to -- Las Vegas so I hear how about the South Pacific now.
Well then you must not work for the GSA.
There's -- the GSA regional commissioner Jeffrey kneeling in the -- you remember the guy at the top but they cannot kinds of family vacation disguised as work trips.
We know he enjoyed them we do have those photos to prove it.
But then that -- did you bankrupt bankroll all of that you are still pain nearly souring the GSA's blatant abuse of your tax dollars no longer secret so why hasn't really been fired from Cashman John -- good choices good evening -- Good evening could argue it is nice to India I love -- you that question why we're still -- you've written a letter.
That's right well I served ten earlier capacity is well probably the first Republican chairman of civil service some forty years now head out -- transportation.
And infrastructure which oversees GSA and this is the guy everybody -- those that did the wrong thing refuse to testify and our committee took the Fifth Amendment and government reform.
He still and make good people's payroll and I want them off the federal.
I won the -- still -- because of the way the civil service laws are right.
Yes but this guy is -- so this guy is this senior executive service employee he is the top.
He should be setting the example not -- and not.
Showing a bad example.
And and you know civil service was set up to protect lower ranking.
Move you know -- the entry level on a blow as an above.
But not the senior executive service I wanna model there and if he -- -- out of there under current law will change the last.
I was getting into -- said the Curacao and you're just the right got to do it.
Coming up and women the current laws and there's nothing to do but he has audience.
Around I'm not sure about that first of all he swore and -- and an oath.
To uphold the constitution.
He -- is required under his position.
Two to appear before our committee where the committee of jurisdiction -- -- reform and oversight is the chief investigative committee he took the fifth.
-- just -- -- the president didn't get.
It 'cause he's right yeah right.
He's protecting himself against criminal action and there have been referrals here and I don't want to get into that.
But I'm saying he will is required.
To perform he did not perform so I want I at least I don't want the taxpayers -- yeah.
I would get I really don't wanna pay a flat on back on pay for the student yeah -- got it as soon not -- she and glasses of wine in the background in that picture I wanna pay for that.
But the problem is is a day we can't just because we are all like him we all nicely -- -- -- yeah.
Tonight you're right and this is about -- you know but again is -- yeah on the line not only how the rules you guys created the rules of the anyway can't.
His -- and we created the law and if the rules are allowing this the rules need to be changed if the law allows us not the law needs to be changed.
This is not just -- written -- he had a run of the -- employ.
This is a guy who's senior executive -- -- and I went out and win it but okay.
You ought to not let that -- also would know wanna pay that man driven the -- -- today question how much retirement he's gonna do.
Then I just got -- into that -- -- town hall talking to my constituents they want the money paid back and I think they're right there too.
Well I think you've got to I think you've got to change the law changed the rules we get it -- -- -- have to heavy why did I.
That might start that tomorrow I have they council's working out and I have four attorneys and three different opinions are so when he gets started on us.
I started today nobody like changing our.
-- SA before I became chairman I -- the first.
Hearing and an MD federal building.
Two blocks from the White House and it's just the tip of the iceberg these guys are wasting billions -- thousands of buildings sitting right -- and idol.
But I that if if you made a decision tonight to try to change to rule associated get rid of people are well off not -- -- they keep it.
Yeah and I thought I got my -- -- association not my problem.
She is the greatest my god bless her for coming back and look at is a wonderful -- I wanted it.
I feel beat up renewed secured just -- -- is here.
But.
Again she is not the problem and we can -- -- five.
You know and that those lights go up on the vote you could tell in the problems are right all right so anyway.
Let's get back the so so you know what you're gonna get started on changing the rules and look at the -- that's how -- criticism -- the law to the -- it's easier to chat I believe so do you start that tried to -- right sent a letter over to the acting minister to see if that something could be done within the existing rules -- Get -- and simultaneously get started tomorrow looking at the rules because to see what would you do about clean up Secret Service and he would like and I ended up putting -- to get the people should be whistle blowers on each other at this find out there's lot of might be ways to do.
Well they share when this is one of our former staffers his.
And they get told you this story she blew the whistle in November after this so October fiasco.
Then they reported dead that is it.
-- -- and they don't think yeah for the program again but she reported this would still only swept under the -- Set that's.
An opponent after the IG finished the report in May and they -- the White House nobody did anything but she went back in terms -- the entire.
I love god giver than god bless her -- said that there are good federal employees -- there are many of them many of them.
-- of them -- patch and I says he's happy with -- thank you.
