I think that when you look at this whole activity that is taking place right now, and I think the piece that is missing more than any other is the relationships that you build with the folks that work with you.

our role as Congress is to be here for the people that we represent, that voted us into office.

the people that I represent back in northwest Pennsylvania do not for any--they don't believe right now that there is going to be a serious inquiry into this

this is critical to the faith and trust that the people have in this government. Right now their tank is running on empty

It is the excitement about waking up in the morning and being able to get out of bed and go somewhere and do something productive that really drives, not just Americans, but all human beings.

I can't imagine putting people in a position they get up that want to go to work, and we have made it impossible for them to see the benefit of working anymore.

It is okay to do the right thing, but you got to make the other side look really bad.

I would think that all would agree.

The longer you are away from school, the harder it is to go back.

There is not a better example in the room right now of somebody who has disabilities but refused to let that stand in the way of going back to work, and that is you.

I don't believe for 1 minute by disincentivizing people that you are helping them.

Getting up with a purpose every morning is the key to it.

As our families continue to crumble, as we don't have that family nucleus, we lose what it is that is uniquely American.

It seems to me like we don't reward good behavior, but we make people think about, well, maybe it is better if I am not married.

I would hate to be sitting there with a tin cup looking for other people to help us.

the real fear is not that you are going to pay too much; it is that you are going to make a mistake, and somehow you are going to come under greater scrutiny.

wouldn't the idea be a government that is actually an advocate for your success and not an adversary?

if our goal, our stated goal, is pro-growth tax reform--because what we are talking about, we need the extra revenues. Where would you get them? Who pays taxes?

if we create a Tax Code that is so complicated that drives them offshore and then say, these are bad folks, they are not patriots, they are willing to take their business offshore--it is not that they are unpatriotic, it is just that they…

It is important that we hear about these abuses. However, we all know that it is bad, it is wrong, and we all know that it must never happen again.

I believe that it is outrageous, it is inappropriate, it is wrong, and we must do everything that we can do to fix it.

There is something wrong here. There is something wrong. This is truly a David v. Goliath. I think it is Edmund Burke that said that all that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

That is bad management--at its best, it is bad management.

We have oversight over that operation. And we need to be bearing down to figure out how it is, how in the world can you even do that stuff without somebody knowing about it.

The American people are frozen with fear. We have gone far beyond being chilling.