Cliff Stearns: “I think you made a very excellent point that that's--how Mr. Chu used the law was not how it was intended.”

Barbara, if you will come up. Barbara, your plaque is inscribed: ``We thank Congresswoman Barbara Kennelly of Connecticut for her leadership and guidance for the past 2 years as president of the U.S. Association of Former Members of…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thanks again to all of you for joining us this wonderful morning. As I prepared for today's report, it has brought back many happy memories, as I am sure it does for you, too. I served in Congress 24 years. One…

Thank you, Barbara. And let me just conclude before we leave here to say we have a lunch today--and I hope all of you will come--to bestow the 2016 Distinguished Service Award on the current Senators and Representatives who are retiring…

I want to thank George and Charles for their report and for their outstanding leadership for these very important former Members of the Congress programs, and we appreciate very much what you do. Normally, at this juncture in our report, I…