Now, is the explanation for those demonstrably false statements... negligence? Was it just a reckless disregard for the truth? Or was it more nefarious than that?

We now know that in fact it was caused by a terrorist attack that was reasonably predictable to eventually happen somewhere in the world, especially on September 11th.

I deeply, again, appreciate Secretary Clinton's efforts to cooperate with this investigation.

Accounts from security officials who were on the ground and documents indicate that they repeatedly warned Washington officials about the dangerous situation in Libya.

We owe it to our Federal employees who put themselves and their families in harm's way around the world.

the Taliban is on the inside of the building.

This rush toward a reduced presence of U.S. personnel continued even as a bomb blew a 12-foot opening in the wall of this very compound we speak about today.

What they will not forgive, Mr. Chairman, is being misled.

There was no protest. And cameras reveal that.

I can think of few things, Mr. Chairman, more antithetical to spontaneity than a 12-month long prologue of violence in Libya.

This goes right to the failure of this administration's policies in Libya.

Why is it that the president is operating a year after having attacked Libya without a policy?

As Chairman Turner emphasized, we are extremely concerned about the deficiencies that came to light...

We will leave no stone unturned, Mr. Chairman and Ranking Member Sanchez, as we investigate what led to this unacceptable incident at Y-12.

There are people who had responsibility for it, and they should be held accountable.

First, the contractor's poor performance is inexcusable.

The American public expects that we would have the highest level of security.

I do believe that we have clearly an unacceptable problem with respect to management of security and safety.

I would like to also start by thanking Congressmen Renacci and Ellison for showing the type of bipartisan leadership that Americans so desperately want and need.

The reason why there is variance is that there is a sleight of hand here in the representations.

It is clear that taxpayers in particular and even just from a safety standpoint Americans need much more than what we saw on that night.

This is a problem. Not only did they penetrate the security, but once they were able to reach the central storage facilities for nuclear weapons grade uranium...

The NCTUE is a comprehensive database of fully reported utility and telco payment data.

We now have proof. So this is an issue that has to be addressed.

This is outrageous, unacceptable, and absolutely has to be fixed.