Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

"It is, of course, perfectly clear that the House Committee has every right in the world to make any kind of investigation, but the House Committee cannot conduct the administrative functions of Govern..."

"We want to keep commercial aviation going on its present basis;"

"That is right—open and undamaged."

"I expect to save money on the thing you are interested in, Pete [Mr. Brandt]—the purchase of public lands, park lands and forest lands, things of that kind."