the decisions were not made by the Treasury Department--these are all folks that were appointed, in fact, by this administration.

You don't have a snowball's chance in hell of making it.

So to say that, really, the decisions were not made by the Treasury Department--these are all folks that were appointed, in fact, by this administration.

To me picking and choosing winners and losers is absolutely up to the free market, it is not up to the government.

It is not about Democrats and it is not about Republicans, it is about the American people.

I have to tell you, when I see this type of thing going on and we told the public, geez, General Motors is working so hard and they are paying back all the money. What we didn't tell them was they were using taxpayer money to…

I think the unintended consequences of poor policies and procedures and failed strategies--at some point, somebody has to be held accountable for these things.

It is now up to all of us to put honor first and to remain always faithful in the quest for justice.

I see it as exclusionary. I don't see it as increasing the field of bidders.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. And I'm trying to understand--and believe me, I'm not coming here representing Republicans, and I hope that this panel isn't about Republicans versus the Democrats.

I've watched it happen. I've lost out on too many bids where there was exclusionary language in there.

So if that's part of what the proposal is, that's not really trying to get to the best price.

What you are doing is you are favoring one bidder over another.

my concern has always been in the private sector, that where is the private sector's role on these committees and when do we get a chance to weigh in?

I want to ask you is there any remedial process at all, having sat through many, many, many, many audits myself...

Let's get their input before we impose regulations and costs to them that are really burdensome.

As evidence of Executive Order 13563 in President Obama's recent announcement that he will propose a package of regulations to delineate in the coming weeks, would you agree that the President has clearly recognized that at least some…

I would suggest to you that is not always the case.

I appreciate that. If I may, and I'm going to wrap up. We came here for a cause. We did not come here for a career. And if you cannot win the debate by using facts, and if you have to use fear, then shame on you. Shame on you. Go home. Go…

I appreciate that. To my friend from Arkansas and the rest of my colleagues that are here tonight, I have to tell you, it's only been about 4 months since we all came here, and I think we all came for the right reason. We came for a cause…

the ability to actually pay for it is not there.

I think what really disturbs all of us is who is it that makes up these lists and what's the criteria for somebody being on the list or not being on the list.

We truly are the job creators. We are the people that will drive the economy forward and make it possible for people to get back to work if we can get government in the role it should be.

It is the scope of overreach and over-involvement that's killing all of this.

you can only do what you can afford to do.