I find myself in an interesting position in this hearing because, having worked for the legislative branch for 10 years in the Senate and now being a member of the legislative branch as an elected Member of the House, I certainly have…

I strongly support the authority of this committee to obtain necessary documents as part of our investigations.

Unfortunately, I have also seen how investigations can be used as a form of political attack rather than a search for the facts and a search for the truth.

I thank my dear friend, the distinguished ranking member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Cummings). I must say, the previous speaker representing the majority on the Judiciary Committee…

Whatever happened to the Arthur Vandenberg standard that our differences end at the water's edge?

This is an attempt to embarrass and to undermine. And that is not how we ought to be doing business in this committee.

Legitimate requirements for information must be enforced on a bipartisan basis. Fishing expeditions, blatantly partisan efforts to seek information to embarrass, to humiliate, to undermine will not get bipartisan support and don't deserve…

It is inaccurate to suggest that the State Department has intentionally withheld the documents we need.

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days within which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on H.R. 1155. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. As we begin 2016, we face the same difficulty we have faced since the beginning of the Obama administration. Because the administration and the entrenched Washington regulatory…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. The House is yet to take another vote in 60 seconds to demonstrate its relentless fixation on systematically destroying the Affordable Care Act. More specifically, we must vote on a budget…

Mr. Chairman, I rise today to point out some serious concerns about the amendment offered by the gentleman from Michigan, which would direct the commission to examine the role that regulations have on wage stagnation and income inequality…

The nirvana needs to be to get technology to the warfighter as quickly as possible.

When we start out, we have a bureaucratic structure that starts out with a paper full of noes.

Can you make a commitment, at least a tentative commitment--we understand things happen--but can you make a tentative commitment to us today in terms of getting that to zero?

I would have guessed there actually is a difference between the two, and you're saying there really isn't.

We're looking at GSA's deplorable management of the Army's subsidized childcare program.

I really thank Mr. Lynch for noting that.