Steve Scalise

I mean, if you're concerned that somebody-- please don't comply with the law, and then you don't hear back from them...

You were telling them they should consult with the Department of Justice.

Mary Miller is involved in an email where she says, I may be on a call tomorrow morning about the Solyndra loan restructuring.

You specifically said you can't subordinate the taxpayer unless you got some approval from the Department of Justice.

This isn't about the press or you know Republicans and Democrats. There's $535 million of taxpayer money at stake.

I thank my colleague for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I thank you for continuing to help us shine light on what is a major scandal...

How could they forget this document? This is the document--and it's a legal counsel opinion that basically says you can ignore the law.

The President's own actuaries, President Obama's handpicked actuaries confirmed that Medicare goes bankrupt in 12 years if we don't do anything.

The Medicare system is collapsing, and unless there is some fundamental restructuring of it to change the incentives and the way it works, the system can't stand up or it will swallow up increasing amounts of the budget and the economy.

We passed a budget and our budget was actually geared at getting us back on the path to a balanced budget.

He ought to mean what he says. And I think the American people deserve to hold him to the things he says.

I am kind of shocked that some of my colleagues on the other side are now claiming that when the President said this, he really didn't mean it.

I think as we have more hearings like this, I think it does put more pressure and put more sunshine on the fact that we really do need to be doing more on all fronts to not only find waste in government but also to hold people accountable…

I would hope you would look at that letter, and I am sure others are out there too, and look at extending that or just rescinding it altogether.

And there are companies that we all know have played by all of the rules and they are being shut down today even though they didn't do anything wrong.

I think what we are trying to get at here is where is that balance and has there been a crossing of that balance as it relates to some of the rules and regulations we have seen coming out of EPA.

I really don't think he would have gone forward with it, you know, and he can correct me, you can correct me if you have heard differently.

I would imagine when you came out with that rule and you proposed that rule, you said this is going to do some things to protect public health, right?

The regulations and laws coming out of Washington and this administration are their biggest impediment to creating jobs

While this was one of the poster child -- poster children of the first stimulus bill, the president right now is touting what I call son of stimulus.

The president right now is touting what I call son of stimulus. Another bill to come through. Spend more taxpayer money, to do more things like this.

Advancements of plenty and yet there were warning signs at every level, and yet it seems like crony capitalism was trumping the smart decision-making process.

I think it shows that crony capitalism is running amok relating to this program.

There is a timeline issue that a lot of us have concerns with, too, because if we were able to stop the restructuring from happening...

What we have been trying to establish is just exactly what was that relationship between OMB, the Department of Energy, and the White House relating to the Solyndra loan?