"Come on now. This is the United States of America. Fighting all subpoenas? Congress has a constitutional duty."
"I agree with you a million percent with regard to a legitimate interest and what we investigate."
"So if true, I find it highly troubling that a decision, you know, relocating thousands of FBI staff and costing billions of taxpayer dollars would be made without significant paperwork explaining that..."
"The committee is specifically requesting your decisionmaking materials in draft and final."
"Can you commit today to provide the committee with these documents?"
"It takes away our power, clear and simple."
"It is our job to ensure that these decisions are being made in the most cost-effective and efficient fashion without favoritism or abuse."
"I understand that many of the documents have gotten stuck in an interagency group that has not decided to produce the documents to us yet."
"It really works against us, it works against us when we get documents after the interview."
"This is about right and wrong. This is about the core principle of our precious democracy that nobody, not one person, nobody, in this country is above the law."
"This is an effort to enforce Federal law, which, very clearly, there is no ambiguity here, which very clearly prohibits employees from engaging in political activities on Federal property or while usi..."
"Persistent, notorious, and deliberate Hatch Act violations."