Darrell Issa

Congress should reaffirm that the laws that Congress has enacted to protect taxpayers and citizens from an overreaching Federal Government in fact apply to the IRS.

It is, in fact, a longstanding entity that is intended to help us compete in our exports around the world.

Many of us support the concept of making sure there's an availability of funds to support competitiveness in exports, but we have to make sure that the American people believe it's being spent fairly and honestly.

It's important the American people understand that with a pattern and a history of, and I use the word 'corruption' in parentheses, but inappropriate behavior, questionable loans, a number of scandals that have made the American people…

Thank you for holding this very important hearing today.

Ex-Im Bank is not just a government program or subsidy.

It is, in fact, a program that comes with a cost.

Any time the American people have a question about whether or not the risk is worth the reward.

Today, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's chairman, Darrell Issa, released a report: 'ObamaCare's Taxpayer Bailout of Health Insurers and the White House's Involvement to Increase Bailout Size.'

I think the gentlelady has made the exact point that I hope we can all come together on.

Our hope is that the FTC IG, who has some authority but not as much as we do, oddly enough, to get information from nongovernment entities, and perhaps the Justice Department and others will look into it.

I really wish we had your IT guys here instead.

The fact is this committee is conducting vigorous oversight. We do so as a matter of our obligation as a committee.

A cover-up is normally described as something that happens during an investigation around here.

You have asked us to believe that your very special experts couldn't save one piece of data from this drive.

Therefore, I issued, if the ranking member were here, he would call it unilateral, but pursuant to the committee rules I issued a subpoena and made it very clear that our first priority was to have all of Lois Lerner's emails, and that…

I want to make sure I get the history straight today, because it does matter for this committee.

Why in the world should the American people believe that you are cooperating with us when I issue a subpoena...

Do you think it is reasonable for us to check with your Criminal Investigation people, interview people involved to see if that passes the reality check?

The American people don't believe that.

This is a program that I have followed with increasing concern.

I find your signature on the subpoena.

the possibility that banks may stop doing business with legitimate lenders, but concluded that solving that problem, if it exists, should be left to legitimate lenders themselves who can present sufficient information to banks to convince…

this Administration considers firearm sales, ammunition, as somewhat less beautiful than others.

I just want to make a point in closing, because I believe the Financial Services Committee has a real reason to relook at this gentleman's testimony.