Now I will just close with this. We can continue this silliness, or we can get America back to work. My suggestion is get Americans back to work.

I thank the gentleman. It's intriguing. And again, I've actually not just talked the talk; I've walked the walk. I'm always fascinated by these facts and figures that we throw around, and we talk about all the things that we're doing and…

In my world, any answer but a yes is a no, so if it takes a long time to explain it, it is because you are hitting on stuff that is a little sensitive.

It just, to me, is, again, an indication of if we really mean what we say and say what we mean, we have to do it.

I was very moved, I have to tell you. One of the first hearings here was Agent Terry's family was here...

I think when you sit back and you watch as this unwound or did not unwind, and as the Chairman continued to ask questions and was stonewalled, you begin to get a feeling that, you know what? While we keep saying this isn't political in…

I mean, they have the right to know and we certainly have the responsibility to find out for them.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Only in this town do we really believe that debt is not an issue in our ability to sustain our way of life and our form of government.

If we ever go into a fair fight, shame on us. When we have the ability to be greater than anybody else in the world and defend ourselves better than anybody else, to go into it and saying we just want to be on an equal basis, believe me, I…

I think our ability to build coalitions is dwindling very quickly, when our allies continue to question our ability to really show up and help them on the day that they need the help.