"this Administration considers firearm sales, ammunition, as somewhat less beautiful than others."
"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 suffi..."
"This is a program that I have followed with increasing concern."
"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."
"In my letter, I asked Chairman Issa not to issue the subpoena. If he thought I was wrong, then I asked him to bring it before the committee for a vote, but he ignored my concerns."
"We do not simply haul in one of the President's top advisors at will. There must be a valid reason."
"For these reasons, I strongly support the authority to issue subpoenas, when necessary, to require people to provide information to fulfill our constitutional responsibilities, but I cannot and I will..."
"it is not an allegation. It is an observation."
"we broadly voted in 2008 for a law on immigration that now is at the center of some problems"
"We have an obligation to look at all government officials, whether covered by the Hatch Act or not."