Eight hearings to talk about the same thing without any progress seems to me to be kind of a waste of time.

Lynn Hawkins, through grants, Mr. Chairman--through grants--transformed our approach to violence against women, training law enforcement, training prosecutors, training magistrate judges, training pastors to view domestic violence as a…

The Republican majority supports regulatory reform and we have had hours and hours of hearings on this subject.

I have a three-word solution to help fix this Nation's job performance. American energy development.

The review process at the FDA is driving investment in medical technologies overseas as well as sending jobs overseas.

I thank you very much for that. Some of us agree with that approach.

That is to undermine the discretion of the TSA Administrator as relates to privatization.

I would refer my colleagues to the testimony that he gave in both those committees.

I am also very happy of the disaster aid increase in the President's budget.

I am not afraid of what may potentially happen with my inclination to think that this was legitimate.

The alternative will likely be greater gridlock, which, for me, is an abdication of the duty we have to the American people.

I happen to think there is some value to the employment-based visas.

I don't want this hearing to be a statement that you should close your eyes and ears to mercy requests.

I hope that someday Congress will have the political will to do that because that is just right.

most of the people I represent, they resent the civil penalties without criminal penalties.

I think this is a national issue. We can't have two marriage laws. We have to have consistency in what marriage is. I think we need to have a national discussion about it and develop a national policy.

I never questioned whether the state had the right to do it. It's not a constitutional right. The state has a right to pass whatever statutes they have.

The state has a right to do that. I never questioned whether the state has a right to do that. It's not a constitutional right. The state has the law -- has a right to pass whatever -- whatever statutes they have.