"I am proud to be an original co-sponsor of Ms. Ocasio-Cortez' bill, and I hope many of my subcommittee colleagues will join in this effort."
"If there is one basic value that ought to unite us on this committee and in the Congress as Democrats and Republicans, it is how we treat our children."
"the legislation that Representative Ocasio-Cortez has authored really can make a big difference."
"I appreciate the Chair's and Representative Meadows' work on FITARA and in a bipartisan way making government more technologically proficient."
"I want to follow up on the exchange you had with Representative Speier."
"Are you embarrassed by Secretary Rumsfeld's comments and the other people quoted? And do you believe they owe the American public an explanation and an apology?"
"I would request that this committee hold hearings on the Afghan Papers and call before Congress, with subpoena, every person who has misled this country."
"Why in the world would we be providing the Saudi Air Force with any possible logistical help to conduct bombing in Yemen when 10 million civilians possibly face famine?"
"But don't you think we have to have some accountability so we don't make the mistake again?"
"Would you acknowledge that this Congress has not authorized in any way the United States to go in and steal Syrian oil and make money off of it?"
"I would argue that there were two comparative advantages to American policy: one, we had a policy of talent acquisition from around the world."