"This is an agency that targeted conservatives for their political beliefs, that asked them for who their donors were and whether they said prayers at the beginning of an event."
"Americans have a right to know that the money Washington takes from them is well spent."
"Americans deserve an efficient, effective government that works for them."
"Lois Lerner has been referred for criminal charges, multiple criminal charges by the Ways and Means Committee and held in contempt by the full House."
"Our duty on the Oversight and Government Reform Committee is to protect these rights."
"You know, there are two things that worry me around here. One of them is when a major piece of legislation or initiative is immediately bipartisan, I wonder, well, who is protecting the other side."
"Mr. Horsford was correct. I have been a big believer that, in fact, maintaining for the American people the transparency not just of what Mr. Cummings and I are doing here tonight but for the next gen..."
"The House of Representatives needs to begin making sure you are funded. And that is part of what we do in oversight, fund it to deal with ever-evolving technologies, where archiving isn't just putting..."
"I would certainly hope that when you go back and you scrub that $10 million in order to do X and more to do Y that you go back and you really ask, within the best practices, whether or not to meet--fo..."
"I think it is fair that we recognize that software moves on and that archiving in the digital age is not as easy as it might seem to the public."
"I can testify I have seen no evidence of a crime."