Jim Jordan

It is either incompetence or political influence.

It makes no sense to me how the Department of Energy can actually approve this loan from the get-go: under-collateralized, CCC rating, second generation product yet unseen, first generation incomplete, and they can't meet payroll before…

All I am asking is Tesla, Ford, or Nissan ever send you an email saying, you know what, we can't meet payroll if you don't give us some American tax dollars.

Fisker is the one who has lost $200 million of taxpayer money.

Did that in any way, in your judgment, influence the ability for Fisker to get a loan?

Well, to me, that explains why you guys lost $200 million of taxpayers' money.

Only in Washington would a $200 million loss of taxpayer money be viewed as a success.

In the world outside the Beltway, anybody who exceeds expectations 98 percent of the time gets an A+.

Today's hearing is about getting to the bottom of the U.S. Department of Energy's Fisker Automotive loan fiasco.

All we want to know is if the offer was made. You can't tell if it was made; the head of the company can't tell if it was made. That is unbelievable. Unbelievable.

The company is Fisker. Your name is Fisker. You are chairman of the board and you don't know about a deal to sell the company to recoup taxpayer dollars?

What gives? Was it made up, Mr. Whitcombe?

I appreciate the gentleman's questions, a great line of questioning.

The Government shouldn't be in this business of actually trying to be a venture capitalist.

You forego that when you sign up and take the deal, Mr. Fisker.

When you take taxpayer money and you lose $200 million, that is the risk you take.

Perez was also specifically asked whether he believed in the race neutral enforcement. He told the Commission he did, yet the IG report says that Perez informed the IG that he does not believe that White voters are protected under Section…

This was such an extreme position that all nine justices of the Supreme Court found the arguments of the Justice Department untenable.

The head of the Division, Thomas Perez, misled the U.S. Civil Rights Commission in his testimony about the New Black Panther case.

Being uninformed on the correct answer to this question was the result of either incompetence or deliberate ignorance.

Fighting these crimes require sophistication and coordination across all levels of government.

The Federal investment is a tiny portion of overall spending on criminal justice.

The national government cannot afford to not have a role.

These grant programs are not the only reason for this historic and sustained drop in crime.

I am asking what was the law of the land. And is it the practice for the Director of ICE to say, you know, what? We are not going to pay attention to what the law of the land says.