Did we do everything we could to protect them?

you have to worry more about running the country than running for reelection

it has to do now with Americans and patriotism.

It is absolutely preposterous to me that we would watch Ambassador Rice go out and say what happened 5 days later.

The people of America should be outraged to have to sit here and listen to what we are saying.

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.

This is a subject I know a little bit about because my family actually has been in the business since 1953. I find it unique that really just inside the Beltway we're able to pick and chose winners and losers, and we're able to tell…

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…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: In section 202 of the Rules Committee Print, strike ``Section 209(b) of the Clean Air Act'' and insert the…

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…

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...

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.

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.

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.

Now, sequestration is going to lead to the smallest Navy since 1915, the smallest ground force since 1940, the smallest Air Force in our history.

I don't think there is any question about what China's intentions are and where they are going.

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.

We have become kind of a toothless tiger who continues to say what we are going to do and then backs off in the end.

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…

We need to be the strongest player in the world, not because we want to take over the world, but that we are the only ones that can protect the rest of those out there that are weak.

I think the question that begs to be answered is why did we leave our Ambassador.

This falls squarely on the shoulders of the Secretary of State, the Department of State, the President of the United States.

We didn't put them at risk.