Removal of dissenting or independent opinions. We've seen this as a repeated, a trend not only in the inspectors general area, but throughout the entirety Removal of dissenting or independent opinions... where board members speak up, they're fired. I questioned a witness for the Federal Emergency Management Agency in my House Appropriation subcommittee on Homeland Security, and we had a very positive discussion about whether he agreed or didn't with pronouncements of somebody in administration that we should close fema. (19:59–20:14)
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