And my colleagues, here we are, the government has shut down. It's amazing some of my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have political amnesia, sort of revisionist history. Let's just look at some of the facts. The other side of…

It is greatly disappointing, disheartening and very sad for the American taxpayer.

This is an incredible tale of ripping off the government for two decades.

My colleagues and fellow Members of Congress, 10:15 in the morning. Where is the United States Senate? I was here until 12:30 yesterday morning. As I recall, we passed a bill to keep the government open and we passed a bill that had…

It seems strange and ironic that someone who had stated they retired is receiving a bonus.

It's Saturday morning and we're here in the House of Representatives in an unusual session. I'm glad some people had the opportunity to go home last night and come back this morning. Some people say, Oh, this is unusual duty, you're…

That should not be the case.

Unfortunately, the ranking member mentioned this, that in my district and the vast majority of Americans feel that your report was a whitewash; he said whitewash or cover-up.

I can't tell you how many times people have said, don't let Benghazi and what happened there be swept under the table.

And if we are not, shame on us.

Nobody has been fired. Nobody has been dismissed. No one has been arrested for the murders.

I must be on another planet.