"This type of spending cap would save the taxpayers over $2.7 trillion dollars during its first decade."
"total federal means-tested welfare spending should be returned to pre-recession levels, adjusted for inflation."
"An important step in reducing future unsustainable federal deficits would be to return welfare spending to pre-recession levels."
"What do the American people have to show for DOE's use of their money? A disgraceful portfolio of loans and loan guarantees."
"Do you think the American people might see a pattern if 30 percent of the folks were bundlers for the President?"
"I think I will put my money on a horse that I think can win."
"do you think maybe the American taxpayer who saw millions of their dollars put at risk... might question whether in fact it was independent?"
"There is no way in heck anybody could have looked at these if it was their own money..."
"Mr. Secretary, how about Steve Wesley, Mr. Secretary, who bundled a half a million dollars for President Obama in the 2008 campaign? Did that have any influence on your decision to give a $465 million..."
"the guy who did the independent review was also formerly a member of the Obama administration."
"I wasn't implying anything with my questions, I was simply trying to get at how the Department of Energy made their decisions."