"Congress must embrace the opportunities to invest in our nation's future as we work to reduce America's student loan debt."
"It was Congress that explicitly voted on this, that was not something that the President did."
"the President's healthcare law was passed by Congress. And actually the particular thing you referenced, the gentleman referenced, is not one of my favorite aspects of it, but it was explicitly passed..."
"As every single one of the witnesses agrees that Congress could, if we decided to, take a hand and correct this imbalance."
"We have not taken up the authorization for use of military force."
"What we have here is, as a witness has suggested, is a failure of Congress, not something to criticize President Obama about."
"We could have taken that up right here, maybe amended it, but we were prevented from that vote on the House floor."
"I am not sure what else we would ask you to do. You have been admonished or exhorted by a number of Members of Congress, that Congress should act."
"for every dollar you spend on preparedness you save about $4 on cleanup."
"one of the first things we did after I was elected to Congress, we voted $60 billion off budget to deal with Hurricane Sandy."
"the bill simply opens up the employment eligibility for those who have the proper training."