03/20/2013
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"The failure is due to internal bickering and the same Republican extremism that caused government shutdowns, a debt crisis, and the resignation of our previous Speaker."
"Only one person in the room, I might add, has actually produced a budget for the coming fiscal year, and that is Secretary Jewell."
"In the meantime, while we fiddle by holding yet another hearing, Rome--which in this case is Puerto Rico--continues to burn."
"While these hearings are instructive, if we are going to meet the Speaker's deadline, we should have long since begun discussions on a bipartisan legislative solution to the crisis."