"My final suggestion, Mr. Chairman, and to the panel and to the VSOs present, is that the DoD should hear, as the noise of thunder from all of us, that they were not present today."
"But to think that we have purposefully deployed burn pits and created chemical and biological fumes and smokes to deploy upon our own troops is very disturbing."
"I very much appreciate your service to your country and your continued commitment to restore energy dominance of America in your current position."
"I personally think it's a great threat to our nation."
"This lack of action in the Senate injured your ability to serve and protect our Nation, Madam?"
"I appreciate you appearing before myself and my colleagues today. Thank you for your service to our country."
"But I am specifically asking, and I ask so respectfully, sir, how exactly would so-called comprehensive universal background checks manifest in the United States of America----"
"We are a Nation that is $20 trillion in debt, and yet we continue to have conversations and throw around numbers like $4 billion for an office complex."
"I am here now and we are going to make some noise about this."
"The American people expect the Federal Government to operate within the parameters of the revenue that we take in."
"this conversation we are having today is exactly reflective of why the American citizens that we serve just stare upon Washington, DC in disbelief."