"I am tempted to just suspend my questioning. But I am not going to do that, because we are grappling with that problem."
"It is very difficult for a Sunni Muslim to be a fully practicing Sunni in Shiite Iran."
"I think it is an important time to do it, and it is a time to carry on what this committee was originally established to do."
"I thank you as well for hanging the pictures in the back of the room again to remind us of the purpose of this committee, that we would understand liberty, and its price is eternal vigilance."
"There won't be any hurdles that would keep a school like this from applying or being able to apply due to resources, or to gain the resources because of some of those standards that we set arbitrarily..."
"I would applaud that effort because, again, the diversity that is there, this country is built on that as you, I am sure, would agree with."
"Well, there definitely is a lot of latitude potentially in there for concern for how far, how aggressive, the regulating entity of the States might be."
"your staying power at the witness table is impressive, but probably should have been expected because of your record-setting tenure in the Chicago Public Schools system as a superintendent."
"I personally am one that likes to see a lot of competition, a lot of variety, a lot of framework for research and development that can come through things like that."
"But we also, in my district, have 11.7 percent unemployment, on average."
"I represent a district in Michigan right next-door to where you had the opportunity to tour the GM plant."