If reconfirmed, will you commit to publishing these reports each year?

Don't let somebody get close to the president. Don't let somebody get close to his family.

Religious freedom, often referred to as the first freedom, is a fundamental human right.

We exist to secure two fundamental principles, first, Americans have a right to know that the money Washington takes from them is well spent; and, second, Americans deserve efficient, effective government that works for them.

Our duty on the Oversight and Government Reform Committee is to protect these rights.

It seems like a simple request. It would give us a good snapshot.

I appreciate your commitment there. I don't doubt it.

An unregulated Internet has spurred innovation and economic growth all around the world.

The issue of an open Internet has attracted a lot of attention from a lot of Americans.

I think we need to be careful what we are calling a subsidy and what we are calling a simple cost of business.

Yes, I think it would be proper to reflect the views of my group that we would not favor temporary tax provisions in general.

It has always been my position that, when it comes to energy policy, we need an all-of-the-above approach.

Subjecting the Internet to heavy-handed regulations... could threaten to do precisely that.

Do not mess with the most vibrant, expansive, even explosive area of our economy because it has worked and it has worked well.

If the electric utility company in question decided to get into the business of providing its own air conditioning equipment to its rate payers, if it did that and then engaged in practices that favored its own system as compared to…

Americans are sending a consistent message which is, do not break the Internet.

The proposed regulations... would, I fear, do nothing to make the underlying problem better, but instead, I fear, would make it much, much worse.

I want to thank you particularly for the good work the men and women are doing in Homeland Security.