Darrell Issa

America deserves better.

Our hearing today is not about the individuals who, out of desperation for drugs, alcohol, or just spending money, misuse food stamps; it is about America's responsibility, this Administration and this Congress's responsibility to make…

I just want to follow up. Mr. Clay made two good points.

My first question to you, and the most important question for me in this hearing is, could money solve this problem statistically?

You made a statement that you support specifically the mandate.

The jury is still out on the answer.

Thank God it is not Sweden. I love it when it is Canada instead of Sweden.

If ultimately one of your great defenses is that it costs more to do it another way, then the first question is, you can offset that by having the right to sell this very valuable information, so cost is a false facade, it is a canard…

At the end of the day, can't we all agree that not every question has a compelling Federal interest that mandates it?

That whole point is that we could potentially change outcomes using further analysis.

Just because taxes are paid doesn't mean those who use over and above that get a free ride.

The fight is about whether religiously affiliated institutions like Catholic universities and even medical centers should be required to provide health insurance that covers contraception.

I urge immediate support for this important reform for the District of Columbia, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. Issa) that the…

Seeing that there are no further speakers, I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous materials on the bill under consideration. The SPEAKER pro…

I'll be brief. Today we're doing a small and technical change to everyone except the people of the District of Columbia, who consistently have to live under a rule that costs the voters and the residents of the District of Columbia to…

We are bankrupt. If you add all the total unfunded liabilities, we are over $130 trillion.

I share with the gentleman that feeling.

We have attempted it twice in the Senate; we got 64 votes once and 60 the second, is have CRS look at every bill.

We created 82 teacher training programs, the administration didn't. We created 47 different job training programs.

The hearing is not about reproductive rights and contraception.

Well, let me quickly, because my time is expiring, and I know you have very short time here, the President has talked about reorganization authority.

You are an important part of democracy, all of you.

The law is what the Supreme Court says it is.

We are going to look, as a committee, at the law as it has changed under the Citizens United decision.

If I wasn't a Member of Congress, I would say you got you know what out of this.