We are very concerned with the inefficient use of taxpayer dollars on a critical mission.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division F (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. The Coal Mine Safety and…

I want to start out this evening by recognizing the fine work of Chairman Cole. I can tell you that there are many times in this Chamber that they want to pit members of my conference against appropriators. This is not one of those times…

The buck stops somewhere. Who does it stop with?

We have got a crisis on our hands, and we have got to figure a different way of dealing with this.

Mr. Chairman, I thank you for actually conducting the hearing and obviously taking the leadership role here.

They just didn't want to give away a debt ceiling increase without getting something in return.

Do you think they are getting it wrong?

Do you think that they took bad advice from someone ... that a Member of Congress said that they shouldn't come before the Oversight Committee?

I thank my esteemed colleagues for raising the issue, but it is more an issue of accuracy than anything else. As we look at this, Mr. Chairman, it is real easy to look at CBO and realize that they are the one group that makes a…

free speech is the bedrock of who we are. It is truly what we must fight for

But we need to see additional pressure and additional sanctions specifically against the Iranian individuals and entities responsible for detaining those family members, for taking hostages as a matter of policy, and for committing…