"We need a healthy debate about our Federal Government's expenditures, and I welcome that discussion."
"No matter how many times that you say Social Security is broken, the reality is that Social Security's independent revenue stream and its trust fund's investments maintain the program's solvency until..."
"Mr. Chairman, I urge you to keep Social Security benefits off the table in this budget debate, because that is exactly where they belong."
"Mr. Deutch, you can agree that there is no reason for us to argue about the relative impact, that this is a vitally important issue we ought to be tackling?"
"I want to go back--Mr. Sohn, you point out in your written testimony that in 2007, 2008, which is generations ago in terms of what we are combating, what we are dealing with now..."
"Shouldn't we be looking at it the other way, to come up with the technological ways that we can make it more difficult for others to access this, as Mr. Castro points out is eminently doable?"
"If there is a way that it can be done without the collateral damage that you fear, obviously, that should be something we consider."
"I believe that we have gone slightly astray here."
"Aren't there instances where we ought to have enough, enough faith in the Federal Government that they, just like CDT, could get it right?"
"I agree that there is a difference."
"I think this hearing was incredibly helpful in starting to flesh out some of the tough issues that we need to grapple with."
"I have been very open about my admiration for the way that your office took the absolute worst of the worst of these websites hosting illegal content."