"I appreciate your getting back to us as you suggested and following up on the issues dealing with the disclosures of ties to Iran."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. To my colleague's point, I think maybe Mr. Chaffetz had been speaking to him..."
"I learned a long time ago that I was not going to convince a lot of folks to do things like this just for the environmental aspects of it."
"Given our nation's water shortage, given our nation's desire to reduce pollution, but also to reduce dependence on foreign oil, energy conservation makes a lot of sense."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Morning."
"I think Illinois is second in the whole country, and many of them in the heart of my district are suffering because of what happened, but also because of unintended consequences."
"Absolutely, and I think the reality of the situation is when this discussion goes forward, now, it is not just is HUD going to be asked about this, they are going to look in your direction for your th..."
"I think it adds to the decorum and the value of the discussion if we allow witnesses to answer a question."
"It is hard to shock and awe someone who is from Chicago, Illinois about scandals."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman."
"In 2010, we had 700 kids get shot in 1 year."
"The percentage of the American public that thinks that we do the right thing or will do the right thing is in single digits."