Steve King actually said...

"each branch of government would jealously protect the power and authority granted to it within the Constitution"

"I know what the grandfather clause does, it takes away some of the resistance in the short term but eventually ends up with the same result in the long term."

"You do write the specifications for the bid, correct, and you have the statutory authority to do that?"

"Can't you come to Congress and ask us to fix this so that you do have the authority to have a legitimate competitive bidding process rather than one that opens the door up for suicide bids?"