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We appreciate the leadership of the Subcommittee on Highways & Transit and the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, & Hazardous Materials on this important topic.

This president is afraid of the truth coming out in Congress.

I think it is an impeachable offense just the way the president has acted toward this impeachment investigation.

What I think everyone knows and what was apparent in the last two weeks of hearings is that this was not about corruption, it was about one simple thing, the president wanted them to announce an investigation.

The president was saying, look, I'll give you this goody, this aid that the taxpayers have appropriated and I'm holding up, but in exchange, you've got to do something for me first.

And I think the most important thing for everyone to understand is this is not about impeaching a president, because people have policy differences.

It probably goes without saying that our country's commitment to our national security priorities is under attack from within. America is distracted. Our enemies are not. We need to make us national security a priority.

I will close when the gentleman has closed on his side, and I reserve the balance of my time.

The idea that countries that borrow in their own currency can't get into trouble is just wrong. And the idea that debt does not matter is also wrong.

I think history has treated President Bush very well, and appropriately so.

We serve all Americans in a nonpartisan, nonpolitical way, that we try to deploy the best thinking and the best analysis.

You will be spending more and more--or more accurately, our children and grandchildren will be spending more of their tax dollars to pay for interest on the borrowing that we have done.

Our debt is growing faster than our economy by a margin. And so I think by definition that makes it unsustainable.

We are committed to providing clear explanations about our policies and actions.

I do think that as this expansion has continued, we have started to see people at the lower end of the wage scale get the bulk of the benefits.

Why do restrictions on abortion relate to economic mobility?

All the District of Columbia is asking is that you get out of their business so that we can deal with our business alone.

We are trying to make the District of Columbia the 51st state.