>> ranking member of the subcommittee for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i listened to your reasons why you haven't resign. and basically you said that you're staying because only you can carry out the president's mission. and i strongly disagree with that. i think oyour actions are an embarrassment to president trump. if i were the president, i wouldn't want your help. i would just get rid of you. i'm not the president, so let me move on. it has been reported that you have even gone so far as to retaliate against epa's employees, punishing those who questioned your spending and management and sidelining those who attempted to advance important public health protections. i wanted to ask again, yes or no, because we don't have a lot of time, it has been reported that at least five epa employees were recently reassigned, demoted or otherwise retaliated against after they raised concerns about your spending.