"My family is among the 1 million visitors. My children's favorite place in the Capitol complex..."
"We must see ourselves as stewards who should strive to leave this institution and its facilities better than we found them."
"But no way to run a rodeo, Mr. Chairman."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Ambassador O'Keefe, I want to continue the conversation about your outside fund-raising."
"Including them in the total is not entirely accurate."
"My recollection is that we directed you in the report language to hire a development director."
"It is hard for me to understand. I mean, it is 2013 and we have been having this conversation for 5 years."
"How do you work towards that without a plan? You are only just now realizing that that is a good idea? This is unfathomable to me."
"What is the $10 million worth of value that we get from Open World?"
"Counting in-kind contributions toward your private fund-raising total presumes that you would have been appropriated those funds."
"all politics is not just local, it is personal."