"I will do every single thing in my power to make sure--I don't--I hope there is no retaliation--but to protect you, because you are so very, very important."
"I want to make that real clear. And I resent anybody saying anything different than that."
"Today's hearing is an unfortunate and highly partisan exercise intended to raise unfounded questions about the reputation of Mr. Perez."
"The problem with the Republican theory is that Mr. Perez did nothing wrong."
"We can do better. And that is what you are saying."
"I believe very strongly, there are two words that I use in my office most often, effectiveness and efficiency."
"When Congress passed the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010, we explicitly authorized this."
"While the overall unemployment rate has dropped to 7.6 percent as of March, the same is not true for the African American unemployment rate which hovers at 13.5 percent."
"Although I appreciate SIGTARP's work, today's hearing would have been more helpful to the committee members if we could have heard from additional witnesses."
"It is very frustrating for my constituents, about a year or so ago we had a forum in my district with the Federal Reserve for small business people."
"Sometimes I think, Ms. Romero, we get caught up, and I have seen this in government in various ways, in a culture of mediocrity."