"As chairman, I am intensely focused on rural development."
"But unfortunately, once again the administration has put forward a woefully underfunded budget request that fails agricultural communities..."
"You think those people would be sufficient to address the, as you say, $406 billion in the tax gap?"
"Is there any reason for you to believe that the Ways and Means Committee would not have a legitimate interest in monitoring the auditing and the enforcement of the law with respect to a sitting presid..."
"Is it not true that the Ways and Means Committee does have oversight of the administration of your agency, and that it would be legitimate grounds to request the tax return of a president or an indivi..."
"I know that all House Members are committed to ensuring the areas of the Midwest that were hit with monumental floods..."
"I hope the irony of making decisions about data-driven agencies without data is not lost on anyone."
"Well, it is important that we monitor that closely, because we want to make sure that those dollars go to the small and disadvantaged businesses as they were intended to."
"We will also forward additional questions for the record, and we appreciate your diligence in getting your responses to us in a timely manner."
"We have to do everything that we can possibly do to eliminate fraud, waste, and abuse and mismanagement."
"we can't stop Mother Nature, but we can mitigate the devastation that she wreaks, at least to some extent."