The law is crystal clear.

In your cost analysis, does the commission take into consideration the overhead costs of implementing these recommendations?

In Recommendation 6, the commission recommends that non-Medicare eligible retirees have access to the same military health benefit program.

the recommendations, if implemented, would reduce Federal outlays by $11 billion over the next 5 fiscal years

We have to be able to figure this out. These people have to be held accountable.

Recommendation 13 advocates for eliminating the Family Subsistence Supplemental Allowance (FSSA) domestically and replacing that assistance with the Department of Agriculture's Supplemental Nutrition Assistant Program (SNAP).

I hope that all Americans, particularly those who are currently serving or are veterans, can take the time to give these recommendations the thorough consideration they deserve.

If the Inspectors General can't do their job, we can't do our job, and this is why it is imperative.

Inspectors General serve the American taxpayers as the first line of defense against waste, fraud and abuse by government agencies.

I hope we can begin the 114th Congress on new footing.

I can tell you that over a period of 4 years, by virtue of the policies that we put in place, we would get the unemployment rate down to 6 percent and perhaps a little lower.

I've been asked and will certainly be asked again if there are any circumstances, whatsoever that might develop, that could change my mind. That seems unlikely. Accordingly, I'm not organizing the PAC or taking donations. I'm not hiring a…

I am concerned that the administration has exceeded its lawful authority in several ways in an effort to avoid working with us up here in Congress.

So you are guilty, in essence, until proven innocent, at least guilty in the sense that your property is gone.

I also appreciated our visit recently when you came to my office.

Would that, under that hypothetical scenario, not be tantamount to a usurpation of the legislative role that belongs to the legislative branch?

I must say I agree with the President's action and support him, and so do sheriffs and chiefs of police across the country.

One of my greatest concerns about the Holder Justice Department is that at every turn, when asked, 'What are the limits on Government power?' the answer has been, 'There are none, there are none, there are none.'