Mr. Chair, on rollcall No. 118, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' Amendment No. 2 Offered by Mr. Pallone The CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered…

the more things change, the more they stay the same, echoes of Vietnam, echoes of other large investments.

Help us understand how that we could arrive at that state of affairs.

If we are that confident that, yes, there are some failures we can point to put there are also some successes, then it ought not to be that difficult for Secretary Carter to respond to Mr. Sopko's request.

I'm obviously not Donald Trump. I didn't make that up.

This is an abhorrent practice. It cannot be tolerated in civilized society and it is perfectly proper for this committee to call it out.

I wish we weren't doing this now because it is frankly designed to embarrass President Obama.

I would not support any President unilaterally determining the fate of the Guantanamo Base without full debate and consultation with Congress and indeed with the approval of Congress.

I just need to remind you when we were negotiating, when President Obama decided to normalize relationships with Cuba without Congress' consent...

I have joined my friend, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, and my friend, Albio Sires, in being critical of the administration's rather abrupt change in policy and getting very little in return for it.

this is arguably one of the most influential and consequential Federal agencies that most Americans have never heard of.

We expect the Flint water treatment plan will be fully operational and capable of treating Flint water prior to the date of termination.

While I admit the title of this hearing, 'Racing to Regulate,' is catchy, I really don't think the Environmental Protection Agency has been racing ahead to apply a 40-year-old provision of the Clean Air Act.

Irrespective of our politics or anything else, this is a catastrophic failure with our citizens.

I thought you gave a very eloquent, passionate, and suitably outraged opening statement.

You know, you should beware the Ides of March. Maybe he's the one that needs to be worried about that.

There's been some discussion about whether it makes sense to do an exemption or create a different classification for certified cars that become racecars.

It's bad for the rule of law and for our understanding as law-abiding citizens to have laws or regulations on the books that we do not enforce.