"I completely agree on that."
"On the transparency side, not only coming back to Congress to be able to denote that, but also we need to be able to get it out just to the general public."
"Our duty on the Oversight and Government Reform Committee is to protect these rights."
"Americans have the right to know that the money Washington takes from them is well spent."
"It is essential that every area of Government spending is fully transparent and beneficial to the Nation."
"I agree with what you were saying on the additional unfunded mandates. I completely agree on that."
"This has to be a very difficult day, and not a day that you had ever hoped to be testifying in front of a congressional hearing."
"But ATF did permit those knowingly, understanding they were headed toward the border, and that was well-known..."
"So if we're doing a grant for a certain project that denotes some research to something out there, at the end of it we can also say, this was allotted, here is how it was spent, and here's the final p..."
"Is it appropriate for DOJ to redact documents, sometimes heavily, page after page after page, in response to a subpoena?"
"Hundreds of pages of documents don't help to be able to count that they have turned over hundreds of pages when they are all heavily redacted at that point."
"I will not. I want to be able to look at the full record of the history of this committee and be able to determine that."