Barack Obama actually said...

"Republicans announced one of their top priorities was to investigate the Administration and to ensure that President Obama was a one-term President."

"Despite the major economic challenges facing the country, they talked openly about devoting taxpayer-funded, Congressional oversight resources to political purposes."

"Unfortunately, a politically-motivated agenda prevailed and instead of engaging with the President in efforts to create jobs and grow the economy, today we saw the House of Representatives perform a t..."

"The bill severely undermines key investments in financial oversight and implementation of Wall Street reform to protect American consumers."