"And most of the obligations that have already been incurred... relate to policies and decisions that were made during the eight years of the prior administration."
"And that would include the tax cut in 2001 and in 2003 that were not paid for, correct?"
"And that would include the prescription drug benefit backed by the pharmaceutical industry that was not paid for in 2003, correct?"
"And that would include the war that was entered into as it relates to Iraq for weapons of mass destruction that were never found."
"Am I correct, or is it fair to say that the 2001 Bush tax cut that was not paid for at the time by this Congress added to this country's debt burden?"
"We are at a very peculiar situation as it relates to our recovery under the president's administration."
"We need to turn off the sequester as soon as possible. That is costing us hundreds of thousands of jobs, it is a self-inflicted wound."
"the view that copyright law exists or should exist to serve the public interest, which I think is an assessment that all of us on this Committee share within the Congress"
"the sky is falling, and so we are in the midst right now of debating what many of us view as a very draconian budget"
"this Administration has created about 6 million private sector jobs"
"I believe in my reading of the Twenty-Second Amendment, Barack Obama is constitutionally prohibited from even running for office again"
"there is no evidence, as far as you know, that any single one of those individuals, more than 2,000, who was released has engaged in criminal activity subsequent to that release"