That is, actually, they were personal planes that he took that cost a total of $500,000, Congressman Lieu.

Let's talk about HUD Secretary Ben Carson: for a mahogany dining set for his office, $31,000.

While you are filling out your taxes--I already did mine. I did not procrastinate this time, thank God. I am sure Congressman Lieu is a lot more organized and probably got it done 3 months ago--but when you are doing your taxes, and when…

We have our favorite cause, or celebrity nowadays, the EPA Administrator, Scott Pruitt, who, so far, has spent $800,000 for around-the-clock security, nearly twice the cost of security for Pruitt's two immediate predecessors; $105,000 in…

This weekend, millions of Americans will stop procrastinating and sit down and do their taxes. Nobody likes paying taxes, but what people really hate is when their tax dollars are wasted or, worse, when the money they have worked so hard…

Russia will likely never, in my opinion, present a clear violation of NATO's Article 5, but they will always, you know, try to be like the petulant teenager that they are.

I am asking a very simple question. You are the Secretary of the Interior.

So, you don't even know, anecdotally, whether it was supportive or not?

I certainly think that if we want to talk about a commitment and a show of force, at least to Russia, that we are committed to Europe, that would be the route to do it.

Your recommendation to the President was to reduce the number of existing monuments.

I am proud to say that, for 242 years, whenever and wherever America's freedom has been threatened, we called in the Marines. A Marine Corps infantry platoon is trained to close with and destroy the enemy by firearm and maneuver. That is…

In June, seven American heroes died on a dark night when a ship collided with an American destroyer, the USS Fitzgerald. Among the dead were immigrants from Vietnam and the Philippines, as well as sons of workers who journeyed north from…

In my years in politics, if we had ever done something of this nature, where we skip over the local elected officials... we would call that somewhat of a sham.

To begin with, I have a question for Mr. Pollock. Mr. Pollock, you are the Chairman of the Garfield County Commission. Is that correct?

There they go again. Donald Trump and Paul Ryan are dusting off a familiar Republican playbook. I will break it down for you: Step one, slash taxes for millionaires and billionaires; Step two, explode the deficit; Step three, use rising…

I am accusing the Federal Government, FEMA, and our DoD for not responding quickly enough to the needs of the local municipalities.

The idea that it took that long for some of our FEMA coordinators to be able to coordinate with our municipalities is absolutely ridiculous.

We know that the Republican tax plan is a massive, unconscionable giveaway to millionaires and billionaires. We know that it will blow up the deficit and do nothing to raise wages or create solid middle class jobs. What we don't know, Mr…

Before that decision was made, Ryan had said: ``Actually, I don't think he should do that.'' However, after the announcement was said, Ryan pulled an embarrassing U-turn so fast it would cause whiplash, saying: ``President Obama was wrong…

So what was Speaker Ryan's response? Actually, we are still waiting to hear from him. He hasn't commented or issued a statement. When Trump repeatedly denigrates the personal integrity of a Member of this body, Speaker Ryan says nothing…

Our Founding Fathers knew that there was danger in putting so much power in one person. They knew that giving too much power to one person, an irresponsible and immature leader, could use that to both effect democracy or enrich themselves…

Speaker Ryan's response: Trump ``acted and that's what a President should do.'' Real profile in courage there.

The Speaker's response: Trump's ``new to government, and so he probably wasn't steeped in the long-running protocols that establish the relationships between DOJ, FBI, and the White Houses. He's just new to this.''

The response from Ryan's office is, ``The Speaker hopes for a full explanation of the facts from the administration,'' an explanation that the American people are still waiting for, by the way, 5 months later. There has been no…

Speaker Ryan was then asked whether he would have taken a meeting with a Russian official who offered opposition research on a political opponent. His evasive answer, of course, is: ``I am not going into hypotheticals.''