"I commend your fraud effort in terms of what I have seen personally, actually before I was on this subcommittee."
"It is not just the sustenance. It is the social contact and the interaction that you get when you are actually with a group."
"I think they should go to jail regardless of their age."
"Let me just in concluding make a few remarks. First of all, I want to thank both of you, honestly, for the wonderful work that you do and the people that work with you and your respective staffs."
"I would much prefer--I would never presume to draw you, Commissioner, into a discussion on what I think needs to happen long term on Social Security."
"We know we have got, as you said, an age wave--I like that term, I am going to steal it--coming along, and it is going to put a strain on all parts and particularly the discretionary part of the budge..."
"I just appreciate the level of commitment to public service."
"The grim reality is that sequester is, indeed, the law of the land."
"I continue to hope for a larger budget deal between Congress and the Administration."
"I actually agree with you and my distinguished ranking member, I hope we have a negotiation some time to actually deal with it."
"I would encourage those above my pay grade and in the Administration above your pay grade to actually engage in that negotiation sooner rather than later."
"There are 200 years of history that would argue that you and I need to reconsider our optimism."