I sometimes can't tell the difference--and I will be as blunt as I can--between your agency and the CIA on that issue.

I thank the gentlewoman and our leader. This is a very bittersweet moment for me. On one hand, I am so proud of what my staff and I and other Members and your staff did to make the financial services portion of this bill much better, much…

I thank Ms. Plaskett for the time, and thank both Mr. Walker and Ms. Plaskett for that wonderful presentation of the life of one of my predecessors, Herman Badillo. And so rather than get into the details that have already been mentioned…

I thank my colleague for yielding me this time. Mr. Chairman, as my colleague has said, in 2007 he added a provision to the original America COMPETES Act to give the NSF the discretion to establish a dedicated grant program. However, after…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Before I start, you were quoting a European nation telling us how to behave?

For me to say that I did not know that this was going to turn into a net neutrality hearing would have been foolish, because I know that that is the issue of the day.

I just hope that you do two things: that you continue to do the work you are doing, but that you also, both, the whole Commission, pays attention to our schools, pays attention to those who do not still have in this country access to the…

Are we getting any closer to the kill switch on smart phones?

In my view, Dodd-Frank gave the SEC the responsibility to do that, to study it, to potentially develop a uniform definition, and DOL seems to be moving on their own.

I think one of the things that makes this country great is that we deal with our past and we try to correct mistakes we have made in the past.

If it is not broke, do not fix it. But some things are so important to us that even if we think they are not broke, they need tweaking, they need adjustments, they need oversight, they need support, and they need growth.

We had 4 million comments from Americans, and never had any of that kind of outpouring before.