Bonnie Coleman actually said...

"I appreciate the opportunity to include Democratic Members' concerns with this hearing."

"It just seems to me that to haul you in here to discuss whether or not you are misapplying your priorities is a waste of taxpayers' money."

"First of all, it concerns me that we are having this particular hearing and that we are spending our taxpayer money on trying to create some sort of political theater around this issue of your role in..."

"I was actually speaking about the Government as a whole."