I believe that this hearing will help shine more light on how our tort system burdens the U.S. economy, reduces job creation, inhibits capital investment, and stifles innovation.

Mr. Duncan made this claim not once, not twice, but three times. Let this be a teachable moment for him.

That is something the American taxpayer wants to know.

Forty-nine conferences, 12 million bucks, but we are going to have 90-minute delays because of the sequester, right?

the President was making statements that just weren't accurate.

Maybe cut back on the conference; maybe actually achieve some savings for the taxpayer.

I appreciate--I have worked with Mr. Connolly before on projects important to his district and the region.

Ally has continued to fail the Federal Reserve stress test year after year after year.

Just weeks before ResCap filed bankruptcy, and it included, and I just want to point this out, a $200,000 pay raise for an employee at ResCap.

Do you think a company 74 percent owned by the taxpayers, subsidiary ResCap with its CEO compensation package of $8 million being proposed, cash assistance over half a million dollars, do you think that should be approved when we are…

There is no concrete plan at all to get Ally out of TARP.