Markwayne Mullin actually said...

"What we are doing is you are allowing agencies to... set policy for the DOE and when DOE becomes a source of agenda-driven issues rather than really focusing on making sure that we have reliable and e..."

"What we are trying to do here, ma'am, is we want to make sure that the tax dollars are being used for their intended purpose."

"if it is going to continue the way that it is going, then there is no way I am going to be able to support reauthorization."

"Well, the law didn't contemplate a lot of things. I mean, it didn't anticipate a lot of this."