"But just because there hasn't been any challenge doesn't mean that it was a right or that we had the authority as the House of Representatives to intervene."
"So was that an attempt for you to give the House standing after the fact?"
"So since this was a rules change in the 113th, and based on your answer, what gave you standing to defend DOMA during the 112th Congress?"
"Was the creation of the leadership group, was its purpose originally, or has it ever been used in the way that the Republican leadership has chosen to use it, wherein the Department of Justice decline..."
"I want to publicly thank you and all of your members for what you do for keeping us safe."
"There was great support, bipartisan support, to fund the project."
"Can I ask you a question?"
"We are nearly 12 years past 9/11, with a problem that we identified as needing urgent correction still incomplete."
"I mentioned in my opening that I was told in 2011 that the radio modernization program project was on schedule to be completed in spring of 2012."
"Congratulations to your team, working with the Metro Police, in getting all that sorted out."
"We have got to come up with another word for that. No one knows what the heck that means."