Long term, that is obviously what is going to help us the most.

Americans deserve an efficient, effective government that works for them.

DHS had the Secure Border Initiative network. I know that is a long-term--that is not your favorite project to talk about because it was this long-term project that ended up spending a billion dollars and then getting folded down and…

Our solemn responsibility is to hold government accountable to taxpayers.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Gentlemen, thank you for being here.

Is it wrong to ever actually balance the budget? Should that be a goal to balance the budget?

Can the Federal Government step into a religious institution and redefine their doctrine for them?

Can any administration step into a church and say, 'I disagree with your doctrine; you will change it to mine?'

I do agree with you, by the way. This is a long-look issue.

My concern is...the term 'primary balance' and 'sustainable debts and deficits' gives the clear impression we will never balance.

This is not an issue of limiting... that true religion is this; that we watch out for the orphans and widows in their distress.

Can the Federal Government reach into a church or religious institution and define for them their doctrine?

Will a company that is a drilling company, or a lot of these small independents, the majority of the drilling and operation that comes out of the ground is this very small company.

Come drink our water in Oklahoma.

Actually our imports are down because we are producing more.

It is easy in Washington to say we are going to stabilize our debt.

I completely agree, but you are not sure which taxes that would be or which areas?

With less than 3 weeks to go before the payroll Social Security tax extension expires, it is time for the conference committee to make up their mind on the way forward and to bring their proposal to the full House and Senate. Long secret…

You know, this bill is called the Expedited Legislative Line-Item Veto and Rescissions Act. I think it may be inappropriately named because it gives an illusion that this is a veto power as we're used to seeing a veto power in the…

I'm grateful that we're getting a chance to shine some light into the area of the credit costs and the credit issues. If you went to any bank in America, any community bank, any other bank you wanted to go to and talked to them about fair…

But it should also be transparent. Everything should be open, everyone should be held to the same account.

I thank the gentleman for hosting this time. This is a conversation at the end of the day, after all the votes are over on the House floor and all the hustle and bustle and everything, and we get a chance just to shut down and be able to…

This is an interesting series of conversations about the agency fees and opting out and such, and providing those types of protections.

If we have a company that puts a service-disabled veteran on the list, provides documents and says this is where they are in leadership, this is where their name should be on the door, but you actually get to the company and find out that…

That is intentional, willful fraud that is putting a person's name out there and then trying to deceive to be able to get a contract.