We have made more progress in 8 months than we have made in 20 years.

I have always kept telling you, I want you out of my State of Utah. Just go away and we will all be happy.

So specifically, if there was a plus-up, the areas I would be looking at very quickly is, we are going to go through the NEPA process again.

Senior administration officials, including the President himself, have said climate change is the greatest threat that we face.

I know a little bit about national security, I think.

There has been a supplemental draft EIS that has been here in D.C. for more than a year, which is far too long.

Our mission is to ensure efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability of the Federal Government and all of its agencies.

We believe that we have to have a much more aggressive approach to that than what we have seen so far.

I mean, all politics are local, and this is particularly true of this committee.

I do believe that.

You both showed a willingness to work across party line on some occasions when it did not please your parties too much.

Should we indeed go back to that? That is, if the Tax Reform Act of 1986 was so great, should Congress just have an up or down vote on that?

You give them the whole bill, and I think they will go for it.

A successfully reformed tax system will help make America the best place in the world to work, conduct business, invest, and prosper.

Tax reform, if it is done correctly, should promote growth and significantly reduce economic distortions that are present under the current income tax system.

Today's hearing is about the need for tax reform and what lessons we can learn from the Tax Reform Act of 1986.

The income tax base, which has become riddled with exclusions, exemptions, deductions, and credits, should be as broad as possible.

Before we engage meaningfully in tax reform, we need a clear vision of what we want success to look like.