Cliff Stearns: “had grave concerns that the real effect of the CLASS Act would be to create a new Federal entitlement program with…”

Barbara, thank you very much. And thank you, Members, for your confidence. I think in light of the hour here, we will go right directly to honoring our past president and our vice president. Pete, if you will give me the plaques, I would…

I thank the distinguished chairman. And let me say that we are here this morning because the Oversight Committee, under the leadership of Mr. Upton, and myself as chair were able to define the problems. Now, on that side of the aisle, they…

We've had a very good session of the 112th Congress, and we got through it last night. I think all of us, regardless of how we voted, feel a certain relief that we can move on in this country and start to tackle the huge deficit we have…

The Obama Administration has said that they have created 4.5 million new jobs in the last 4 years. But, my colleagues, CNN, along with another group of individuals, in fact, a host of other organizations, have really fact-checked this…