"There are some politicians who say, 'Continue, American worker, to pay those contributions in your taxes, have that deduction made, but while we tell you it is going to be put into a trust fund, we are lying to you, because we are going to use it to pay for other things we are not willing to pay for..."
"The Bush recession has hit American families hard. From June 2007 to the beginning of 2009, it stripped Americans of a total of $19.4 trillion in household wealth."
"Well, then, if that is a statement, that the money isn't there, it is not that American workers didn't contribute it with their taxes; it means that politicians have been stealing the money and lying-..."
"you don't have to steal the money out of the Social Security Trust Fund that Americans have contributed to take care of Social Security."
"I hope you move aggressively on the issue of getting people who get paid a good chunk of money to help file returns for folks who are getting a very modest return"
"I think it's important that we not try to undermine programs that have helped a middle class family afford college for their child."
"I think we all want to get to a point where we can get to some place where you all will come to us."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And you obviously need to have more of these hearings, Mr. Chairman. They are stimulating."
"As my Texas colleague and chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Lamar Smith, has said, perhaps the most valid criticism of E-Verify is the identity theft loophole."
"Many would like to expand the E-Verify system, but we should not do so unless we first address the kinds of problems with the existing system that is identified in today's hearing."
"As we work forward and make progress in trying to improve this program, the ultimate solution to what we are trying to address through E-Verify is to reform our broken immigration system."