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DHS OIG Mandates Revision Act of 2014

Floor Speech

Date: Dec. 10, 2014
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Government Operations

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Mr. GARAMENDI. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may
consume.

I rise in support of this legislation. As summarized by my colleague
from California, it alleviates the Office of Inspector General of the
United States Department of Homeland Security from having to perform
three annual audits.

Repealing these audits will help to slightly reduce the burden of
congressionally mandated reports. All this information is available to
us in other forms and it is good to get rid of these reports, which are
sometimes not really sent anyway.

By the way, Mr. Hunter, congratulations on the recently passed Coast
Guard legislation.

Furthermore, eliminating the mandate will allow the IG to reallocate
resources to something really useful, like finding out what went wrong,
wherever it might be. This way, the legislation may improve the
oversight of programs and the activities of the Department of Homeland
Security, which would be extremely useful to Congress.

Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

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