Well, thank you, Mr. Chairman, and first of all, let me say what a privilege and an honor it is to now be a part of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee.

Just over 100 days ago, four Americans were murdered in cold blood during coordinated terrorist attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. These attacks were premeditated acts of war on America and the American way of life…

The American people are looking for accountability.

I thank you for yielding. As a fledgling new Member of Congress in January of 2011, I realized right away that I had an awful lot to learn. And so many of our Ohio delegation reached out to me and gave me an arm around the shoulder, a…

I want to thank you all for your testimony and the time you took out to come

This motion is nothing more than a distraction from the underlying legislation that we're considering today, and the journey that we began in January of 2011 to cut government spending, to create jobs and, today, to stop the…

I thank you, Mr. Chairman, for yielding me the balance of the time. It is mindboggling to sit here and listen to this. I've got to remind us again that we are talking about an administration that before they even came into office said they…

This legislation will bring a stop to the administration's war on coal by not only stopping the job-destroying rewrite of the Stream Buffer Zone rule, but it also contains four bipartisan bills that have already been passed through the…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for yielding. You know, it absolutely amazes me that our colleagues on the opposite side of the aisle can honestly, and with a straight face, stand up and say that this Republican-led House has not put forth jobs…

I thank the chairman for yielding me the time. My colleague just commented on the Bush administration's rewrite of the Stream Buffer Zone rule that took 5 years. He qualified that as a ``midnight rewrite.'' My goodness, that was a really…

I am proud to sponsor the Veterans Fiduciary Reform and Noble Service Act. This important legislation will transform the VA's fiduciary program to better serve the needs of our most vulnerable veterans and their hardworking fiduciaries…

I am proud that last Congress, the Veterans Fiduciary Act of 2012 passed the House Veterans' Affairs Committee unopposed and passed the Full House by voice vote on September 19th, 2012.

the people in my district in the State of Ohio are still outraged at this Administration's attack on the coal industry.

I thank you, Mr. Lamborn, for yielding.

if there is nothing there, what is there to hide?

Like my colleagues, I, too, am saddened and outraged by the terrorist attack in Benghazi that claimed the lives of our four American citizens, including U.S. Ambassador Stevens.

You will get a chance to come back, Mr. Leney, because it is a violation of the law.

Thank you, Ranking Member Donnelly.

This Committee has an oversight responsibility to the American people to ensure that tax dollars administered by the VA are going to legitimate, qualified, veteran owned businesses.

I can assure you veteran business owners are losing patience.

Thank you for yielding.

But shouldn't the regulation be based on the law, Mr. Leney?

The recommendations made by the GAO and the VA's inspector general go unheeded.

So why are you waiting for the Secretary to tell you to do something that the law clearly requires?

the fight has been a 2-front war, one on the production side of coal and one on the market side of the coal industry.