Darrell Issa actually said...

"We pay a huge premium for CIOs, Senior Executive Service. We, the Congress, have authorized special high pay, a quarter of a million dollars and more, to get certain people with special expertise."

"There is no one in Congress that I have more personal respect for than Bobby Scott."

"The system as it is today is an incredibly easily gamed system."

"But right now New York and perhaps others owe the American people money from excess payments, and they're not being treated the way private sector is being treated."