I had great concern when President Morsi was elected. I believed that the country was going to head toward radical Islam.

I have great concerns about that.

It is my understanding that President Obama was not aware Chancellor Merkel's communications were being collected since 2002. That is a big problem.

Contractors have already told us that, in fact, people represented that the White House was telling them they needed these changes...

evidence is mounting that political considerations motivated the decision.

the political decision to mask the sticker shock of Obamacare to the American people.

I find this very hard to follow. This is the 21st century. It is 2013.

Can we get an apology for shutting down the government because people didn't like the health care bill?

They said healthcare costs would soar. In fact, they've grown at a record low rate.

My Republican colleagues have been predicting that healthcare reform would be a disaster for 3 years now, and every time they've been wrong.

They said insurance rates would skyrocket. In fact, they are lower than predicted.

Neither you nor anyone else at the table thought or made a recommendation not to go forward on October 1 because you didn't think the system was ready.

We want to learn what the contractors can tell us about the problems and how they can be addressed.

They said Medicare would be undermined. In fact, it's stronger than ever, and seniors are saving billions of dollars on prescription drugs.

We all want answers because we want families to have affordable health insurance.

The Affordable Care Act is an enormous success with one obvious exception: It has a poorly designed Web site.

We have already documented a record of Republicans attempting to sabotage the Affordable Care Act.

Congressman Rush and I have sent around 40 letters to you requesting a hearing on climate change and we haven't gotten any responses.