Tammy Duckworth actually said...

"accusations that the department has prematurely closed its investigations are false."

"one of our principal responsibilities here as Members of Congress and especially in this committee is to conduct rigorous oversight of defense programs and policies."

"On the portion of the OCO request that provides provision for Syria, a few things stood out to me."

"I wasn't here then. I'm here now, and my focus is moving forward."