"Speaker Boehner has refused to allow the House to vote on a clean continuing resolution that would end the shutdown."
"I represented a number of people, and they--when they got a notice of audit from the IRS or they got certain letters from the IRS, they base--would get very upset and very nervous."
"I have seen a lot of things as a Member of Congress over my 17 years, but I have never seen a committee chairman tell the head of an agency that he could not be present during a public hearing with on..."
"Even worse, our country is rapidly approaching the debt-ceiling deadline of October 17th."
"I deeply regret the fact, going back to 'The Crucible,' that you are going to be pilloried here today."
"I am trying to get to the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help me God."
"Yet Republicans seem willing to jeopardize the full faith and credit of the United States of America unless we eliminate the Affordable Care Act."
"Instead, he is allowing a small group of Republican extremists to pursue their ideological crusade to repeal the Affordable Care Act."
"Today, our Nation is entering its ninth day--the ninth day of House Speaker John Boehner's government shutdown."
"October 1st was a historic day for our country, not because Speaker Boehner shut down the government but because it was the first day millions of Americans could sign up for health care."
"Negotiate over what? See, that's the question."