"Let me be clear at the outset that there is no substitute for the personal interaction of members in a committee room or on the House floor. But when that is not possible because it poses a mortal danger to the health of Members, staff, press, and the public, we must provide for alternative ways to ..."
"Children should be able to go to school feeling secure that their school can handle an asthma attack or an allergic reaction."
"I appreciate the opportunity to join the members of this subcommittee today to ensure that Congress is conducting its proper oversight of the Metro system."
"Steny Hoyer has just been a pivotal figure in making sure that happens over the years."
"Together we have been supportive of General Manager Paul Wiedefeld's reforms to the system."
"Congress was instrumental in establishing this new safety oversight body."
"We cannot allow shoddy construction by cost-cutting contractors to saddle Metro and its ridership with long-term costly maintenance problems."
"It wasn't fine. It clearly was a quid pro quo. It didn't need to be stated this is the quid and that's the pro."
"Well, essentially, what I understand, I didn't hear Mulvaney say it, but I understand he said yes, there was a quid pro quo, and in fact get daring people to get over it because that's foreign policy."
"The president's rationale for doing this, both publicly and in our meeting yesterday said, look, I said in the campaign, I was going to get the troops out of the Middle East."
"I think the Turks are right. They got exactly what they wanted. And very frankly, probably the Iranians got what they wanted. Perhaps the Syrians got what they wanted to getting ISIS out of their terr..."