"It is not about self-serving; it is not about rehabilitating. It is about trying to get to the truth, period, the truth and nothing but the truth."
"I very much support that."
"We need the CIOs to be strengthened in this government from the standpoint of their empowerment."
"I hope that the folks who were part of the process will hear the things that you are talking about."
"That is why we are still in this government shutdown. That is why people say Speaker Boehner is holding our country hostage."
"The impact on veterans is just one example of the toll the shutdown is taking on Americans."
"What in the world are we doing here?"
"Their approach puts the ideology of one political party ahead of the interests of our entire Nation."
"Stop this madness right now. Let us bring a clean Senate bill to the House floor, and let us pass it."
"Speaker Boehner could end the shutdown this morning, like right now, by simply allowing the House of Representatives to vote on legislation to reopen the government."
"The arbitrary and shortsighted approach that governing by crisis is hurting the economy."