"In order to staff a case in a way that would assure the public that there was not bias going into the case, you would need to know who had donated to who, who had participated in some political activi..."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman."
"Well, it sounds like it is not using any standard, because it has not done any work in this area, in this desperately needed area."
"We need to make balancing our budget something that has to happen."
"We have to do something, and we have to do something now."
"I believe we have to do it in a bipartisan way."
"One of the greatest threats to our national security... is that our national debt risks our national security."
"I want to thank my cosponsor, Henry Cuellar, for our balanced budget amendment."
"Congress cannot act responsibly. The pressures, the incentives on Congress are to get reelected."
"What I think you are talking about is the deficit caused by the Social Security fund right now."
"I want to thank the witnesses for being here."
"But there is some threshold to even begin an investigation. There has to be some evidence that would lead a government agency to direct resources to do that, would there not?"