"Thank you, Chair Capito."
"The funding we provide to the Capitol Police, the Sergeant at Arms, and the Secretary of the Senate makes sure that the American people have safe and reliable access to our buildings, our proceedings,..."
"You are all institutionalists. You keep us safe. You keep the place running."
"I support and many others support adjusting those caps to a more responsible level."
"I find these increases to be totally reasonable, but not fundable unless we deal with the sequester."
"What I think would suffer would be innovation."
"But there would be fewer officers on patrol, less money for training, if any money for training."
"We have a policy, obviously, that precludes folks from not paying full time and attention to their duties while they are on their posts."
"Funding for the Library of Congress... supports the subject-matter experts and library scientists who curate and preserve American creativity and scholarship."
"I think it's important in the digital age to remember that books matter, libraries matter."
"Well, can I just ask a question? There are several questions."
"But does the expertise, is it the same set of knowledge and expertise and all the rest of it on the Library side?"