"I hope that today's hearing will shed some light on the complex issue and cost demands facing NOAA's weather satellite programs."
"This is our first joint Environmental and Oversight Committee hearing of the 114th Congress, and I look forward to working with you on the oversight of environmental issues important to all of us."
"Just last week, I joined many of my Republican colleagues to vote for a full repeal of ObamaCare."
"Americans were first misled when their President told them 'if you like your healthcare insurance plan, you can keep it,'"
"This sweeping health care law has punished countless Americans by doubling some health insurance costs for the same or less coverage."
"I don't know that when in my lifetime, I have been more concerned about the internal security of America."
"the threat of ISIS as not only being what I understand the most well-funded, the best organized terrorist organization possibly in the history."
"My concern is that we are not properly identifying this as radical Islamic extremists to have a long-term fight, a strategy against the ideology."
"Taxpayer money should be spent in a responsible way with the help of efficient management and oversight."
"The fact that a nonprofit can treat American taxpayer dollars as profit without any kind of consequences is absolutely inexcusable."
"I hope that this hearing will inform us on how to provide better oversight and management of federally funded research projects."