Pat Ryan actually said...

"The President is holding the defense budget hostage for higher taxes and more spending."

"It seems implied that the organizations were responsible for the targeting because they chose to apply for tax-exempt status."

"It is that trust that is being eroded, though. And our system of government only works if that trust exists."

"I am going to walk out today saddened--saddened that we find ourselves in a situation where our government is in activity with its citizens that results in those adjectives, in those descriptions."