Development assistance is one of the most important tools we have to ensure that we are promoting economic growth, stability, and security in the developing world.

I think this committee could be helpful, if we could get into a regular practice of State Department authorization.

Mr. President, today I recognize the incredible work of the Children's Miracle Network. Through their efforts to raise money for children's hospitals across the United States, countless children and families have had access to lifesaving…

Do you stand by the FBI's recommendation not to prosecute Hillary Clinton?

I firmly believe that your decision was not based on convenience but on conviction.

They have turned political investigations into an art form.

That is not why our chairman called this emergency hearing 48 hours after you made your recommendation.

Secretary Clinton has acknowledged that she made a mistake in using a personal email account, and you explained on Tuesday that she and her colleagues at the State Department were extremely careless with their emails.

As late as yesterday, with the problem in Minnesota with an African American man being killed, I would like to have some hearings still on the criminal justice system.

Director Comey, thank you for being here today. I want to begin by commending you and the public servants at the FBI for the independent investigation you conducted.

Amazingly--amazingly--some Republicans who were praising you just days ago for your independence, for your integrity, and your honesty instantly turned against you because your recommendation conflicted with the predetermined outcome they…

When they hear a political siren, they rush toward it over and over again, even if the evidence is not there.

This committee ignored that breach of national security because it did not match the political goals of the House Republicans.

If she isn't indicted, the only reason is because the Democrats are protecting her. She is being protected 100 percent, because you look at David--General Petraeus, you look at all the other people that did a fraction of what she did, but…

So the question is, do you agree with the claim that General Petraeus, and I quote, "got in trouble for far less," end of quote?

I think the grossest double standard here today is the fact that all the members of this committee, every Member of Congress, is not subject to the same law that Secretary Clinton was subject to.

the last thing we should do is criminalize our political system.

no reasonable prosecutor would have brought this case.