We need to be on the side of those who long for freedom and oppose their tyrants who oppress them.

There is a distinct difference--philosophical difference--between the people who come to Washington, D.C., to want to structure their government.

I would be happy to have my friend, the President's Advisor on Science refute what I just said, go right ahead.

I think it is despicable that we have high-tech American companies providing technology and know-how that will permit dictatorships like Vietnam to track down dissidents.

I think it's important that when they come here tomorrow they have a concrete idea of how to explain the agenda.

Well, of course the IRS may have done this after a line dance, but they certainly have some responsibility of determining what estimates at the very least these costs will be.

The message to the Government of Vietnam was very clear. The U.S. cares more about trade and, I would add, profits, than human rights.

It is beguiling and disappointing that the administration has not used existing law to really aggressively push the interests of American citizens.

The idea is to really hold this country and this government to account in a very calibrated and focused way.

I think in 12 months we should be able to sit here, or less, and be able to look our veterans in the eye and say to them that your information is as secure as we can do it.

How are we going to get affordable housing for middle-class Americans and low-paid people across this country?

The American dream for millions of Americans is embodied in the idea of owning their own home.

I really don't want to get a point that we tell middle-class America they are not entitled to a new home.

I would like to thank Congress and Congressmen David McKinley and Peter Welch for their leadership on homes, home performance and for introducing H.R. 2128, the Home Owner Managing Energy Savings Act, or HOMES Act.

I think that's very important to be public. Why are we hiding that?

Recently, Representatives McKinley and Welch, both members of this subcommittee, introduced the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act, H.R. 1616.

We want you to tell us when you see stuff. What's the problem with that? I thought that we all work for the American people.

That's fine. That's fine. I yield back.