I would just remind, it hasn't been Republicans who--and we have Mr. Baucus, one of the architects of the law, calling it a train wreck.

But it goes to the root of this is a program so grand and so great that it pales Medicare in its shadow.

You hoped the exchanges wouldn't be a, quote, 'third-world experience.'

I think we do great harm when we continue to spew out lies, much like the lies about the death panels.

I just want to go back to where the chairman was and be clear.

We lose more than the Army consumes in Medicare and Medicaid.

The law says that we will not subsidize unless the State has an exchange.

You anticipate this, in fact, could be a train wreck. You anticipate, in fact, this could be a third-world experience.

We've got the two biggest issues, maybe the two biggest issues in the country, the lady who's at the center of the storm in both of those.

It is a false choice. Strategic sourcing and small business utilization, when done right, absolutely, unequivocally, are mutually reinforcing.

I urge my colleagues to support the RAPID Act and cut down the time it takes America's workers to see a real Jobs Recovery.

Americans are ready to get back to work. The RAPID Act of 2013 will remove the red tape and allow job creators to take projects off the drawing board and on to the work site.

The RAPID Act of 2013 aims to restore the balance between thorough analysis and timely decision-making in the Federal permitting process.

It is our outdated, burdensome, convoluted Federal permitting process that has become a hotbed for the environmental extremists.

Let me thank Mr. Marino for re-introducing this legislation. I am proud to be an original cosponsor of his legislation.

I do not quite remember the last time we had a 7.5 percent ending balance in Kansas except for when Governor Brownback came in.

It definitely would hurt our competitiveness.

The governor has worked hard and is looking at better ways of doing things.

You can go into agencies. You can work with state agencies and find a lot of efficiencies and savings in those agencies.

One month ago, Inspector General Russell George gave the committee information that he informed the IRS on May 30th, 2012, that targeting of conservative political groups was taking place.

We would've liked to have known 6 months before an election, May 30th of last year, that targeting was going on.

Didn't you think it was incumbent upon you to set the record straight?

You didn't think it was appropriate to come tell Congress what was taking place?

sequestration is a bad policy and it will negatively impact small businesses, and I hope it is replaced with balanced deficit reduction.

I believe that the Federal Acquisition Regulation, the FAR, gives them the right latitude to choose whichever method is appropriate in a particular procurement.